Lexic.us

Definition of Fall apart

1. Verb. Lose one's emotional or mental composure. "She fell apart when her only child died"

2. Verb. Go to pieces. "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

3. Verb. Break or fall apart into fragments. "The Sphinx is crumbling"

4. Verb. Become separated into pieces or fragments. "These glasses fall apart easily"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

Definition of Fall apart

1. Verb. (intransitive) To break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To be emotionally in crisis. ¹

3. Verb. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall Apart

fall fall-back fall-blooming hydrangea fall-board fall-off fall-off analysis fall-offs fall-out fall-out shelter fall-run fish

fall-through fall-throughs fall about fall about the place fall all over fall apart (current term) fall armyworm fall asleep fall at the final hurdle fall at the last hurdle

fall away fall back fall back on fall back upon fall behind fall between two stools fall board fall by the wayside fall cankerworm

Literary usage of Fall apart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Metaphysics by Alfred Edward Taylor (1903)
"The two criteria of individuality, though ultimately coincident, tend in particular cases to fall apart for our insight, owing to the limitation of human ..."

2. An Introduction to Modern Logic by Rupert Clendon Lodge (1920)
"The sole aim of analysis is that the connection should be loosed and the material fall apart into its constituent elements. The bundle must cease to exist ..."

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