'go to pieces' definitions:
Definition of 'go to pieces'
(from WordNet)
verb
Lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" [syn: fall apart, go to pieces]
Synonyms of 'go to pieces'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bite the dust,
- break,
- break up,
- canker,
- carry away,
- cave in,
- collapse,
- come apart,
- come off,
- come undone,
- come unstuck,
- conk out,
- corrupt,
- crack,
- crack up,
- crumble,
- crumble into dust,
- crumble to dust,
- decay,
- decline,
- decompose,
- disintegrate,
- droop,
- drop,
- fade,
- fail,
- faint,
- fall,
- fall into decay,
- fall off,
- fall to pieces,
- fester,
- fizzle out,
- flag,
- flip,
- fly apart,
- gangrene,
- get loose,
- give out,
- give way,
- go bad,
- go downhill,
- go haywire,
- go into hysterics,
- go soft,
- hit the skids,
- languish,
- lose courage,
- lose self-control,
- mildew,
- mold,
- molder,
- mortify,
- necrose,
- peel off,
- peg out,
- peter out,
- pine,
- poop out,
- putrefy,
- putresce,
- rankle,
- rot,
- sink,
- sphacelate,
- spoil,
- spring apart,
- start,
- suppurate,
- topple,
- tumble,
- unravel,
- weaken,
- wear away,
- wear thin,
- wilt,
- yield