round the bend

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round the bend

phrase around the bend

  1. idiomatic Crazy, mad or insane. The sixth phone call drove him round the bend.
  2. idiomatic Close to or in close proximity to another location. Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, bend. I had travelled one morning down to Aylesbury, and had left my train, and was about to cross the footbridge, when I heard the imperious whistle of a "B1." I paused, and round the bend came the "Master Cutler" with its engine working absolutely flat out.

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prep_phrase mad, crazy

Deutschmeschugge, durchgeknallt, kopflos

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@misc{round_the_bend_2026,
  title = {round the bend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/round%20the%20bend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}