Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come undone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: come un-done
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened.

verb

To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces.

Colloquial

verb

To come to ruin, to fail; to lose one's composure or self-control.

Example Sentences

"My shoelace came undone."
"Your bandage is coming undone."
"It was a very good year for city girls / Who lived up the stair / With all that perfumed hair / And it came undone / When I was twenty-one"
"You used to be alright / What happened? / Did the cat get your tongue? / Did your string come undone?"
"I never seen you looking so bad, my funky one / You tell me that your super fine mind has come undone"
"He came undone when his wife refused to support him."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

comes undone (present, singular) coming undone (participle, present) came undone (past)

Phrases

come unstuck

Frequently Paired Words

come unstuck

Synonyms

come apart fall apart

Questions

What does come undone mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened.

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