October 16, 2011 By Angela Boothroyd
1. If a boat keels over, it turns upside down or onto its side in the water.
Examples of use:
Their boat keeled over in the strong winds.
2. To keel over is to collapse or fall over.
Examples of use:
a) He drank eight bottles of beer in one hour, and keeled over on the pavement.
b) I was feeling ill at work and I keeled over when I stood up.
c) He finished the marathon, but keeled over just past the finish line.
d) That wall needs fixing before it keels over and hurts someone.
infinitive |
keel over |
present simple |
keel over and keels over |
-ing form |
keeling over |
past simple |
keeled over |
past participle |
keeled over |
Can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence?
Have you ever keeled over?
Have you been in a boat that has keeled over?
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