fall apart

Questions about fall apart

What does fall apart mean?

fall apart means "lose one's emotional or mental composure". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fall apart?

Close synonyms include go to pieces, break, wear, wear out, bust. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fall apart a common word?

fall apart is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.