come apart
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
» It came apart.
Es ging kaputt. — Tamy
Es fiel auseinander. — Tamy
Зламалось — Oheto
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3 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
(intransitive)To break, separate.
The jigsaw puzzle will come apart if you try to pick it up.
My old clothes are all coming apart.
(intransitive)To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.
- become separated into pieces or fragments
Examples
8 sentencesTranslations
1 languagesForms
comes apart, coming apart, came apart, come apart| Base form | come apart · to come apart |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes apart |
| Present participle | coming apart |
| Past simple | came apart |
| Past participle | come apart |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- come upпідійти, піднятисяTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- come offнатрапити, натраплятиTo become detached.
- come outпоставити, ставитиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- come onпройти, проходитиTo encounter, discover; to come upon.
- come inздаватися, кидатиTo enter.
- come downпадати, впастиTo descend, fall down, collapse.
- come backповернутисяTo return to a place.
- come overнатрапити, натраплятиTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
More 8
- come afterловити, полюватиTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come aroundдорівнювати, отямитисяTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
- come throughдоставити, доставлятиTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
- come alongрозвивати, розвиватисяTo accompany.
- come aboutстатися, відбутисяTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
- come toдорівнювати, отямитисяTo recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- come acrossнатрапити, натраплятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- come byTo obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
Synonyms
5 synonyms- become separated into pieces or fragments:breakseparatesplit upfall apart
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.