to pieces

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Prepositional phrase

to pieces

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to,‎ piece.
   1. Into fragments or parts.

      The dog tore the doll to pieces.

2. (idiomatic) Completely, utterly.

   I just love my nieces to pieces.

3. (idiomatic) Out of control.
4. (idiomatic) Into a state of emotional breakdown.

   I went all to pieces when my brother died.

Synonyms

• (into parts): apart, into pieces, to bits, to smithereens
• (utterly): to death

Derived terms

• fall to pieces

References

• “to pieces”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ectopies, picotees