COME (OR FALL) APART AT THE SEAMS

Meaning of COME (OR FALL) APART AT THE SEAMS in English

come ( or fall) apart at the seams

informal

be in a very poor condition and near to collapse.

→ seam

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APART — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES apart from ▪ We didn’t see anyone all day, apart from a couple of kids …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APART — apart, separat, isolat, desunit. ~ FROM THAT: ultra to
English interlingue dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALL — I. ˈfȯl verb ( fell ˈfel ; fall·en ˈfȯlən also in poetry & sometimes +V in prose -ln ; also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APART — I. əˈpärt, -pȧt, usu -d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French a part, literally, at the side, to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEAMS — plural of seam present third singular of seam
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALL — /fawl/ , v. , fell, fallen, falling , n. v.i. 1. to drop or descend under the force of gravity, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APART — — apartness , n. /euh pahrt"/ , adv. 1. into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FALL — I. ˈfȯl verb ( fell ˈfel ; fall·en ˈfȯ-lən ; fall·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feallan; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APART — I. ə-ˈpärt adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French a part, literally, to one side Date: 14th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
COME — p.p. of come. 2. come ·noun coming. 3. come ·noun to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
APART — adv aside; away. 2. apart ·adv separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to …
Webster English vocab
FALL — [fall] vb fell ; fall.en ; fall.ing [ME, fr. OE feallan; akin to OHG fallan to fall and perh. to …
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APART — [apart] adv [ME, fr. MF a part, lit., to the side] (14c) 1 a: at a little distance "tried to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FALL — / fɔːl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fell / fel; NAmE / fall·en / ˈfɔːlən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APART — / əˈpɑːt; NAmE əˈpɑːrt/ adverb 1. separated by a distance, of space or time : The two houses stood 500 …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FALL — I. fall 1 S1 W1 /fɔːl $ fɒːl/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense fell /fel/, past participle fallen /ˈfɔːlən …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APART — a ‧ part S2 W1 /əˈpɑːt $ -ɑːrt/ BrE AmE adverb , adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FALL — v. & n. --v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1 a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COME
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APART — adv. 1 separately; not together (keep your feet apart). 2 into pieces (came apart in my hands). 3 a to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FALL — v. & n. v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1 a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COME
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APART — adv. 1 separately; not together (keep your feet apart). 2 into pieces (came apart in my hands). 3 a to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
FALL — v. & n. --v.intr. (past fell; past part. fallen) 1. a go or come down freely; descend rapidly from a …
Oxford English vocab
COME
Oxford English vocab
APART — adv.1 separately; not together (keep your feet apart). 2 into pieces (came apart in my hands). 3 a to or …
Oxford English vocab
APART — I. POSITIONS AND STATES /əpɑ:(r)t/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FALL — ( falls, falling, fell, fallen) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APART — (SEPARATE) [adverb] - separated by a distance or, less commonly, by timeStand with your feet wide apart and lower the …
Cambridge English vocab
FALL — Synonyms and related words : Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — Synonyms and related words : a huis clos, adrift, alien, alienated, all to pieces, alone, aloof, apart from, aside, aside …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — See: JOKING ASIDE or JOKING APART, POLES APART, TELL APART.
Slang English vocab
COME — v. come from come in come by come by chance come down with come off come on come out come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APART — adv. Function: adverb 1 as a discrete item FF1C; taken apart, his view seemed sound enough FF1E; Synonyms: independently, individually, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
APART — I. adverb 1. as a discrete item taken apart, his view seemed sound enough Synonyms: independently, individually, one by one, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FALL — INDEX: 1. when someone accidentally falls from a standing position 2. to almost fall from a standing position 3. when …
Longman Activator English vocab
APART — See ↑ DISTANCE 1, ↑ SEPARATE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be falling apart • ↑ can tell sb/sth apart • …
Longman Activator English vocab
FALL — n. 25B6; verb bombs began to fall : DROP, descend, come down, go down; plummet, plunge, sink, dive, tumble; cascade. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
APART — adv. 25B6; adverb the villages are two miles apart : AWAY/DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER. Isabel stood apart : TO ONE …
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FALL — v. 1 descend, sink, subside, settle, drop or come (down), plummet, plunge, dive, (take a) nosedive; cascade The bucket fell …
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