off the deep end
Example Sentences
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Johnson is so cowed by accusations of fraud that he appears to have gone directly off the deep end.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
“People have problems, but you don’t expect them to go off the deep end like that,” Letarte said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Last week, Vantage also sent customers waiting for refunds off the deep end when it experienced a security incident that knocked its site offline.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
Her untimely death prompts a heartbroken Padraic to go off the deep end.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
It didn’t kill, but it left Leo feeling like he’d just done a belly flop off the deep end.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
