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GO TO PIECES

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Dictionary entry overview: What does go to pieces mean?

• GO TO PIECES (verb)
The verb GO TO PIECES has 1 sense:

1. lose one's emotional or mental composure

Familiarity information: GO TO PIECES used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GO TO PIECES (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lose one's emotional or mental composure

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

fall apart; go to pieces

Context example:

She fell apart when her only child died

Hypernyms (to "go to pieces" is one way to...):

break down; lose it; snap (lose control of one's emotions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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