goes to pieces

phrase

present tense third-person singular of go to pieces
as in cracks
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 goes to pieces
  1. falls apart
  2. loses it
Phrase
  • The series opens with Harrelson decamping with his fictionalized family to McConaughey’s ranch in Austin after the wedding of his oldest daughter, Olive (Highdee Kuan), falls apart.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Their roster is so imbalanced and offense so reliant on a select few players that, when any are ineffective, the entire thing falls apart.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of falls apart
Phrase
  • Garfield stars as Ploughman, a farmer who’s lost his family to the Black Death and then loses it on some tax collectors.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The Bot gets a point for guessing in three and loses it again for losing to me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of loses it
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“Goes to pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes%20to%20pieces. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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