around the bend in English

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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insane",
          "word": "von Sinnen"
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          "sense": "insane",
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          "word": "durch den Wind"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insane",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "von allen guten Geistern verlassen"
        }
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  "word": "around the bend"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insane",
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      "word": "von allen guten Geistern verlassen"
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"around the bend" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase