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

Originally Posted by 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

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".