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to pieces

Idioms

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.

Example Sentences

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The Italian word “notturno,” Ms. Tomes acknowledges, had been applied to pieces of music from the 18th century, but these were usually “festive and extrovert.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Protesters pulled down a large flag of the Islamic Republic and tore it to pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

"An essential part of the economy has fallen to pieces," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

Maike Schoeneberg, a 33-year-old Berliner, said that "all the clubs that I knew when I came of age are closing. The club culture in Berlin seems like it's going to pieces."

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

They would assuredly have cut them to pieces if Iris, the rainbow messenger of the gods, gliding down from heaven, had not checked them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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