crash out
English
Verb
- (informal) To fall asleep from exhaustion.
- (informal, computing) To terminate with an unhandled error; to crash. Also used in relation to the UK's exit of the European Union.
- (informal) To be eliminated.
- 2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC[1]:
- They joined Sunderland and Middlesbrough in crashing out of the competition at the third-round stage this season.