come apart

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.

“My old clothes are all coming apart.”

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come undonebreakseparatesplit upfall apart
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Meanings

verbcome apart (third-person singular simple present comes apart, present participle coming apart, simple past came apart, past participle come apart)

present singular third person comes apart · participle present coming apart · past came apart

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
  2. intransitiveTo break, separate.

    My old clothes are all coming apart.

    1 more example

    The jigsaw puzzle will come apart if you try to pick it up.

    Synonyms: come undone

  3. intransitiveTo have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.

    Synonyms: come undone

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo break, separate.

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come undone

verbTo have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.

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come undone

More synonyms by meaning

verbbecome separated into pieces or fragments

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breakseparatesplit upfall apart
Broader
change integrity
Also see
breakcome undonefall apartseparatesplit up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French se défaire
  • se défaireto separate itself
Welsh dod yn ddarnau
  • dod yn ddarnauto separate itself
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Chicago

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