deep end

see go off the deep end.

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Also known as The Abstinence-Violation Effect, some individuals can feel an overall loss of control after going off the deep-end.
When Is It OK to Cheat? The Pros and Cons of Cheat Days | DailyBurn | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Before she knew it, police told Christine Pelisek, King was in the deep end.
Police: Rodney King Found Dead in His Pool | Christine Pelisek | June 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The problem is that the hard-core libertarians too often go off the deep end: Theodore Kaczynski and Timothy McVeigh, anyone?
Why Doctors Make Crazy Politicians | Kent Sepkowitz | May 26, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Tops are even required at public pools—which has spurred some old-school activists to plunge into the deep end, literally.
The Boob Ban | Eric Pape | August 17, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
He could lie on the bottom of the deep end of the pool, his head supported by one bent elbow.
Al Franken's Reverend Wright | Tom Davis | January 8, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

It was the most logical, easiest, and simplest way for a D-H reactor to go off the deep end.
The Bramble Bush | Gordon Randall Garrett
I can suggest it, but, if he's anything of a cook, he'll go off the deep end at once.
Berry And Co. | Dornford Yates
Why, when we arrived here and you learned that we'd been assigned to Naval Aviation, you went completely off the deep end.
Dave Dawson at Truk | Robert Sydney Bowen
In the deep end several filled burlap bags were piled up, and in each corner were barrels of cabbages leaning against the walls.
The Orchard Secret | Cleo Garis
The Sergeant went off the deep end properly and had him placed under arrest.
Combed Out | Fritz August Voigt

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