in bits

prepositional phrase

In a state of extreme emotion, such as hilarity or rage.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. UKslangIn a state of extreme emotion, such as hilarity or rage.

    By this time I was in bits. I was livid. I was half going to run up to them and have it out right there and then.

    2011, Brian Conaghan, The Boy Who Made it Rain, page 58
    3 more examples

    Rudi went flying up into the air and landed flat on his back - his ligaments nearly landed in Old Trafford. Well, their team was in bits! We were in bits! Even the ref couldn't stop laughing!

    2010, Eamonn O'Keefe, I Only Wanted to Play Football, page 40

    He clapped his huge hands together and let out a roar of laughter. We started laughing, too. By the time he reached us, for no reason I could fathom other than he was laughing and we were following, we were in bits.

    2013, Simon Dawson, Pigs in Clover

    Some women's cycles don't return for years after they get off heroin. The withdrawal was so bad I wanted to die. I was in bits and I couldn't do anything. It was like everything caught up on me at once — emotionally, mentally and psychologically.

    2015, Julie O'Toole, Heroin
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APA

in bits. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bits

MLA

“in bits.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bits. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in bits,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bits.

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