What does go to pieces mean?

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go to pieces

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

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goes to pieces (present, singular) going to pieces (participle, present) went to pieces (past) gone to pieces (participle, past)

fall apart

What does go to pieces mean?: To become very upset or emotional, to have a breakdown.

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