go to pieces
Lose all composure
To go to pieces is to lose emotional control or composure, to break down under stress: She went to pieces when she heard the news.
It can also describe physical or mental deterioration: The old house has gone to pieces, His game went to pieces after the injury.
The image is of something shattering into fragments.
Failure or decomposition
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
unravel · shatter · crumble · distress · despair · anxiety · stress · trauma
Break into fragments
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- crumbleFragment gradually
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- splinterThin sharp fragment
fracture · break apart · fall apart · deteriorate · decay · decompose · rupture · collapse
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
overwhelm · unravel · shatter · crumble · distress · despair · anxiety · stress · trauma · depression
disintegrate
Break into fragments
splinter · fracture · break apart · fall apart · deteriorate · decay · decompose · rupture · collapse · dissolve
go to pieceskeep it together
Maintain composure under pressure
hold it together · stay cool · keep one's head · keep one's cool · hold steady
go to pieceshold together
Remain unified, not fragment
pull through · cope · hold up · stay strong · weather the storm
go to piecescarry on
Continue doing something
power through · rise to the occasion · step up · keep going · press on