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faint

2 verb
     
faint2 [intransitive]
1 to suddenly become unconscious for a short time [= pass out]:
Several fans fainted in the blazing heat.
2

I nearly/almost fainted

spoken used to say that you were very surprised by something:
I nearly fainted when they told me the price.
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