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come apart at the seams

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Also, come unglued or unstuck. Become extremely upset; break down. For example, After he lost his job Brad seemed to come apart at the seams or The proposed bank merger is coming unglued, or When her last play flopped she became completely unstuck. This idiom transfers physical to emotional disintegration. [Slang; mid-1900s]

Words related to come apart at the seams

wallow, flop, stumble, plunge, travail, tumble, toss, flummox, lurch, snafu, labor, toil, fumble, thrash, grope, blunder, muddle, strive, bobble, pratfall

Words nearby come apart at the seams

come again?, come alive, come along, come and get it, come and go, come apart at the seams, come around, come at, come away, come back, come between
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