Thesaurus results for GONE TO PIECES

gone to pieces

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past participle of go to pieces

as in cracked

to yield to mental or emotional stress After the breakup of his marriage he completely went to pieces.

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lost it

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Democrats previously held a slight majority after the 2022 midterm election but lost it in 2024.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 4 Nov. 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

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