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come undone en · VERB

Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened.
   • My shoelace came undone.
   • You used to be alright / What happened? / Did the cat get your tongue? / Did your string come undone? 2007, “15 Step”, in In Rainbows, performed by Radiohead:
   • 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 1965, Ervin Drake, “It Was a Very Good Year”, performed by Frank Sinatra:
   • Your bandage is coming undone.
2. (colloquial) To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces.
   • I never seen you looking so bad, my funky one / You tell me that your super fine mind has come undone 1974, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You”, performed by Steely Dan:
3. (figuratively) To come to ruin, to fail; to lose one's composure or self-control.
   • "Ah, you Moldovans, how undone you came, you spit on holy things". 2019, 01:01:09.00 from the start, in Eugen Damaschin, director, Moldova 89-91, spoken by himself (Iurie Roșca), Moldova: MILK Films:
   • He came undone when his wife refused to support him.

Forms

Relateds

come unstuck

Synonyms

come apart · fall apart · come apart

Translations (6)

es deshacerse (become disintegrated) · ru распадаться (become disintegrated) · de auseinanderfallen (become disintegrated) · tr darmadağın olmak (become disintegrated) · de zerfallen (become disintegrated) · es despedazarse (become disintegrated)