come undone

colloquial figuratively

Japanese Meaning

（物が）ほどける、外れる、はずれる。 / （口語で）バラバラになる、崩壊する、粉々になる。

Be careful, your shoelace might come undone.

気をつけて、靴ひもがほどけるかもしれません。

Sense（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, undone; to become undone or unfastened.

My shoelace came undone.

Sense（2）

(colloquial) To become disintegrated, to break into parts or pieces.

Sense（3）

(figuratively) To come to ruin, to fail.

He came undone when his wife refused to support him.

comes undone

（ present singular third-person ）

coming undone

（ participle present ）

came undone

（ past ）

come undone

（ participle past ）