come undone

Verb

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ undone; to become undone or unfastened.
My shoelace came undone.

(colloquial) To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces.
Synonym: fall apart

(figuratively) To come to ruin, to fail. To lose (a person's) composture or self-control
He came undone when his wife refused to support him.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

break down splinter fall apart come apart unstitch

Examples

But if we lose that rigour that the Australian community has embraced, particularly over Easter, it could all come undone. Source: Internet

Bindings should also regularly be checked to ensure that the screws don't come undone from the movements of snowboarding. Source: Internet

French examines the concrete ways in which the country could come undone, and he proposes solutions. Source: Internet

He appointed the National Planning Commission in 1938 to help in framing such policies. citation However, many of the plans framed by Nehru and his colleagues would come undone with the unexpected partition of India in 1947. Source: Internet

I come undone by disease to you, the perfect physician. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

come under come under attack come under fire come unglued come unhinged come uninvited