come apart

English

Verb

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

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ apart.
2. (intransitive) to break, separate.

   Synonym: come undone

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

   My old clothes are all coming apart.

3. (intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.

   Synonym: come undone

Derived terms

• come apart at the seams

Translations

to separate itself

• French: se défaire (fr)
• Welsh: dod yn ddarnau

Anagrams

• comparate