round the bend

alternative around the bend

1. idiomaticCrazy, mad or insane.

   The sixth phone call drove him round the bend.

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   You're bloody berko, Koko! And who's driving? Manny? He's more round the bend than you!

   2005, Henrik Moller, Renaissance, page 263

2. idiomaticClose to or in close proximity to another location.

   Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, bend.

   I had travelled one morning down to Aylesbury, and had left my train, and was about to cross the footbridge, when I heard the imperious whistle of a "B1." I paused, and round the bend came the "Master Cutler" with its engine working absolutely flat out.

   1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271