fall apart
verb- To disintegrate, to break into pieces. · My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one.
- To be emotionally in crisis. · As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.
- To separate.
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However, their brilliant plan quickly started to fall apart in unexpected ways.
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