go to pieces

phrase

Definition of go to piecesnext
as in crack
to yield to mental or emotional stress After the breakup of his marriage he completely went to pieces.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go to pieces
  1. fall apart
  2. lose it
Phrase
  • Not in any meaningful amount, and the sourdough probiotic idea falls apart once the loaf hits the oven.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Firmware fun Flashing the firmware to the Arduino should be the easy part, but this is when things started falling apart for me.
    — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of fall apart
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  • Conditionality works best when the United States remains engaged enough for its partners to care about losing it.
    — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s endless war and its global economic destruction isn’t helping the North Carolina apple farmer who lost it all in Hurricane Helene.
    — S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of lose it
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“Go to pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20to%20pieces. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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