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flake out

verb

  1. quit, disappear, fail obligations
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To fall asleep from exhaustion or intoxication; to lie down.
  2. To flake or be flaky: to prove unreliable; to abandon or desert someone.

    John said he could drive me to the airport, but then he flaked out on me, and I had to call a cab at the last minute.

  3. To crack up or break down; to have a mental episode; to behave eccentrically.