"come undone" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes undone [present, singular, third-person], coming undone [participle, present], came undone [past], come undone [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> undone}} come undone (third-person singular simple present comes undone, present participle coming undone, simple past came undone, past participle come undone)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened. Related terms: come unstuck Translations: zerfallen (German), auseinanderfallen (German), распадаться (raspadatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), despedazarse (Spanish), deshacerse (Spanish), darmadağın olmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-come_undone-en-verb-TEByEqMk
  2. (colloquial) To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: fall apart
    Sense id: en-come_undone-en-verb-CITaaOPB
  3. (figurative) To come to ruin, to fail. To lose (a person's) composure or self-control Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-come_undone-en-verb-gYUdr5cs

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