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going to pieces

going to pieces is the present participle and gerund of go to pieces.

Meaning of go to pieces

Verb

go to pieces (third-person singular simple present goes to pieces, present participle going to pieces, simple past went to pieces, past participle gone to pieces)

  1. To become very upset or emotional, to have a breakdown.
  2. To deteriorate, get much worse, fall apart.

Questions about going to pieces

What is going to pieces the present participle and gerund of?
Going to pieces is the present participle and gerund of go to pieces.

Words near going to pieces in the dictionary

  1. going to Halifax
  2. going to heck
  3. going to hell
  4. going to hell and back
  5. going to pains
  6. going to pieces
  7. going to pigs and whistles
  8. going to plan
  9. going to pot
  10. going to press
  11. going to Prestwich

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