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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Use floral foam if needed, and let a few petals or greenery spill casually over the edge.
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Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Sit sideways next to a table with your wrist hanging over the edge.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
For a team with Super Bowl aspirations, Parsons is being seen as perhaps the final piece of the puzzle to tip them over the edge.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Is that what sent Edwards over the edge, to become a man who betrayed his SEAL brothers at the end of Terminal List season one?
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Sit sideways next to a table with your wrist hanging over the edge.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
For a team with Super Bowl aspirations, Parsons is being seen as perhaps the final piece of the puzzle to tip them over the edge.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Is that what sent Edwards over the edge, to become a man who betrayed his SEAL brothers at the end of Terminal List season one?
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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