"round the bend" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-round the bend.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} round the bend, {{en-PP}} round the bend
  1. (idiomatic) Crazy, mad or insane. Tags: idiomatic Translations (mad, annoyed): meschugge (German), durchgeknallt (German), kopflos (German)
    Sense id: en-round_the_bend-en-prep_phrase-Ku6v6WCB Disambiguation of 'mad, annoyed': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) Close to or in close proximity to another location. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-round_the_bend-en-prep_phrase-3UQ~ws5T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: around the bend

Alternative forms

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