round the bend
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Idiomatic Crazy, mad or insane.
- The sixth phone call drove him round the bend.
- You're bloody berko, Koko! And who's driving? Manny? He's more round the bend than you!2005, Henrik Moller, Renaissance, page 263:
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Idiomatic Close to or in close proximity to another location.
- Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.
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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.1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271: