over the edge
idiom
: into a mental or emotional state that makes someone completely lose control
His friends worried that the news might send/drive/push him over the edge.
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Scientists worry that this latest blow, depending on the fire’s severity, could push them over the edge to endangered.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Corbiere slipped and then tumbled over the edge and down into a ravine.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
So that pair, and then the Tkachuk brothers; that is what has put them over the edge.
—Emile Nuh, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Progressives let hatred of Trump push them over the edge.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
Corbiere slipped and then tumbled over the edge and down into a ravine.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
So that pair, and then the Tkachuk brothers; that is what has put them over the edge.
—Emile Nuh, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Progressives let hatred of Trump push them over the edge.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for over the edge
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“Over the edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20edge. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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