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Idioms and Phrases

Into fragments, disorganized, or confused, as in I tore his argument to pieces . This metaphoric term has been so used since about 1600. Also see go to pieces ; pick apart (to pieces) ; thrill to pieces .
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Example Sentences

“But one can make nothing but nasty tumble-to-pieces things,” objected Kate.

Cantrell and Garrison and Cater were absent, and one or two others, and the first squad had a sort of shot-to-pieces look.

Only once before in my whole life have I ever had such a gone-to-pieces feeling.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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