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falls apartphrasepresent tense third-person singular of fall apart to go through decompositionThe old house was falling apart before the restoration. breaks down, corrupts, decays, decomposes, disintegrates, festers, fouls, molders, molds, perishes(chiefly British), putrefies, rots, spoils sours, turns, turns off(British)contaminates, defiles, pollutes, taintsaddles, curdles, fermentsmortifiesrustscrumbles, declines, degenerates, descends, deteriorates, dilapidates, sinks, withers goes to seed(or runs to seed) ages, develops, grows, matures, ripensrefreshes, renews, restorescleanses, purifiesassembles, composes, integratesameliorates, betters, improves, meliorates to yield to mental or emotional stressHe fell apart after his wife left. breaks down, breaks up, cracks, flips (out)(slang), freaks (out), melts down, wigs (out)(slang) chokes blows one's cool, goes off the deep end, goes to pieces, loses it |