over the edge
idiom
: into a mental or emotional state that makes someone completely lose control
His friends worried that the news might send/drive/push him over the edge.
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If this wasn’t already too sweet, certainly the addition of a cheap liqueur and a sugar rim would push it over the edge into over-sweet and artificial, and for decades, nearly every Lemon Drop served was precisely that.
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2024
Fred Goldman later speculated that losing the book pushed Simpson over the edge.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The moon’s alignment with Chiron is pushing you over the edge!
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Andrea Coy of Fort Collins, Colorado, turned to GoFundMe in 2021 as a last resort after an air-ambulance bill tipped her family’s finances over the edge.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Fortune Well, 13 Feb. 2024
So what was Sweeney’s tweet that set Apple over the edge?
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
The car then plunged over the edge, landing onto a concrete divider on the 134 Freeway below and catching fire afterward, KABC-TV and CBS affiliate KCBS-TV reported.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Skala then leaned over the edge and stretched out as far as possible as Brewster anchored his legs to the pier.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, there were almost 2,200 alerts for people going beyond yellow safety lines, 39 for people leaning over the edge of the track, and almost 2,000 alerts for people sitting on a bench for extended periods.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2024
Fred Goldman later speculated that losing the book pushed Simpson over the edge.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The moon’s alignment with Chiron is pushing you over the edge!
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Andrea Coy of Fort Collins, Colorado, turned to GoFundMe in 2021 as a last resort after an air-ambulance bill tipped her family’s finances over the edge.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Fortune Well, 13 Feb. 2024
So what was Sweeney’s tweet that set Apple over the edge?
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
The car then plunged over the edge, landing onto a concrete divider on the 134 Freeway below and catching fire afterward, KABC-TV and CBS affiliate KCBS-TV reported.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Skala then leaned over the edge and stretched out as far as possible as Brewster anchored his legs to the pier.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, there were almost 2,200 alerts for people going beyond yellow safety lines, 39 for people leaning over the edge of the track, and almost 2,000 alerts for people sitting on a bench for extended periods.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
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