fall apart

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === fall apart (third-person singular simple present falls apart, present participle falling apart, simple past fell apart, past participle fallen apart) (intransitive) To disintegrate, to break into pieces. (idiomatic) To be emotionally in crisis. (idiomatic) To separate. ==== Synonyms ==== (break into pieces through being in a dilapidated state): break, break apart, break up, come apart, come apart at the seams, come undone, disintegrate, fall to bits, fall to pieces (be emotionally in crisis): crack up ==== Derived terms ==== fally-aparty ==== Translations ====