catch a fade

English

Verb

catch a fade (third-person singular simple present catches a fade, present participle catching a fade, simple past and past participle caught a fade)

1. (slang, idiomatic) To get knocked out (struck and rendered unconscious).
   • 2022 June 6, Robert Longfellow, “Dave Chappelle Donating Show Sales To Buffalo Shooting Victims' Families”, in Hip Hop Wired‎:

     Recently, Chappelle was attacked on stage. The assaulter has since claimed he was angry at the comedian over a transphobic joke, and ended up catching a fade for his trouble.