around the bend

English

Prepositional phrase

around the bend

  1. Alternative form of round the bend (crazy, insane).
    • 2003, Joyce Oldham Appleby, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson, Times Books, page 208:
      Judge John Pickering had clearly gone around the bend, often presiding over his court while drunk.
    • 2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122:
      It was the longest hour of my life. I couldn't stand it. I thought I would go completely around the bend.

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