come undone

[ripley]

Hello,
I'd like to know the meaning of this verb. I heard it in a song by Robbie Williams, where he says: I come undone....
Thanks.
Ripley

[Wai_Wai]

Hi.
Do you have the context for the phrase "come undone"? They have quite a lot of meaning.

[Tdol]

When things go wrong, or the person falls apart, they come undone.

[Francois]

Could you give some examples of the different figurative meanings? Dictionaries are not very prolific on this one.
BTW, I don't think prolific works well in the preceding sentence. What would you replace it with?
Two questions in one

FRC

[Natalie27]

Could you give some examples of the different figurative meanings? Dictionaries are not very prolific on this one.
BTW, I don't think prolific works well in the preceding sentence. What would you replace it with?
Two questions in one

FRC

Come undone is to lose self-control, get disorganized, fall into pieces

When she looks at me, I come undone. (= I am speechless, don't know what to say or how to say it....she makes me fall into pieces)

When my brother and sister start fighting I come undone and feel like strangling both of them! (= I lose self control, it drives me nuts).

I don't know of other meanings for "come undone".