Thesaurus / come apart at the seams
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synonyms for come apart at the seams
- wallow
- flop
- stumble
- plunge
- travail
- tumble
- toss
- flummox
- lurch
- snafu
- labor
- toil
- fumble
- thrash
- grope
- blunder
- muddle
- strive
- foul up
- go to pieces
- screw up
- bobble
- pratfall
- cast about
- drop the ball
- fall down
- go at backwards
- make a mess of
- slip up
- trip up
- work at
- miss one's cue
- stub one's toe
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHe reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESVicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThis wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLOne of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYSleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSMoreover, most of the burrows were only a few feet apart and no agonistic behavior was witnessed.
SUMMER BIRDS FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULAERWIN E. KLAASNever was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO COME APART AT THE SEAMS
- blunder
- bobble
- cast about
- come apart at the seams
- drop the ball
- fall down
- flop
- flummox
- foul up
- fumble
- go at backwards
- go to pieces
- grope
- labor
- lurch
- make a mess of
- miss one's cue
- muddle
- plunge
- pratfall
- screw up
- slip up
- snafu
- strive
- stub one's toe
- stumble
- thrash
- toil
- toss
- travail
- trip up
- tumble
- wallow
- work at
- blundered
- bobbled
- came apart at the seams
- cast about
- dropped the ball
- fell down
- flopped
- flummoxed
- foul up
- fumbled
- groped
- labored
- lurched
- made a mess of
- missed one's cue
- muddled
- plunged
- pratfalled
- screwed up
- slipped up
- snafued
- strove
- stub one's toe
- stumbled
- thrashed
- toiled
- tossed
- travailed
- tripped up
- tumbled
- wallowed
- went at backwards
- went to pieces
- worked at
- blundering
- bobbling
- casting about
- coming apart at the seams
- dropping the ball
- falling down
- flopping
- flummoxing
- foul up
- fumbling
- going at backwards
- going to pieces
- groping
- laboring
- lurching
- making a mess of
- missing one's cue
- muddling
- plunging
- pratfalling
- screwing up
- slipping up
- snafuing
- striving
- stub one's toe
- stumbling
- thrashing
- toiling
- tossing
- travailing
- tripping up
- tumbling
- wallowing
- working at
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.