flake out

== English == === Verb === flake out (third-person singular simple present flakes out, present participle flaking out, simple past and past participle flaked out) (intransitive, informal) To fall asleep from exhaustion or intoxication; to lie down. (intransitive, informal) To flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert someone. (intransitive, slang) To crack up or break down; to have a mental episode; to behave eccentrically. ==== Derived terms ==== flakers === References === “flake out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.