unglued

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  1. adjective Loosened or separated; unfastened.
  2. adjective Informal In confused distress; upset.
  3. idiom come unglued Informal To lose one's composure.

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  • Raeder's plan to sever the Atlantic lifelines had come badly unglued, and Hitler was not best pleased. —  Luftwaffe Victorious
  • It was where people came unglued, and it happened when they chose to do neither. —  ConsenttoKill
  • "It was… you… betrayed… I—" Eli seemed unglued, his eyes darting back and forth. —  Land of the Blind by Jess Walter
  • 'And if Sotheby's and Christie's come unglued, everybody turns to me. —  process 10
  • Berating this man at Olympian length, Jove paused long enough to restick a corner of his beard that had in the heat of the moment come unglued, then ordered his soldiers, "Fill up the folds of his toga with this mud!" —  Davis, Lindsey - The Course of Honor
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