Usually means: Lose control under stress, pressure.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. go to pieces: Merriam-Webster
  2. go to pieces: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go to pieces: Collins English Dictionary
  4. go to pieces: Vocabulary.com
  5. go to pieces: Wiktionary
  6. go to pieces: Dictionary.com
  7. go to pieces: Rhymezone
  8. go to pieces: FreeDictionary.org
  9. go to pieces: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. go to pieces: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. go to pieces: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. go to pieces: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. go to pieces: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (go to pieces)

verb:  To become very upset or emotional, to have a breakdown.
verb:  To deteriorate, get much worse, fall apart.

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