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nervous breakdown verbs have a nervous breakdown • My mother had a nervous breakdown after my father's death. suffer a nervous breakdown • At university, Jan suffered a nervous breakdown and was treated for depression. be heading for a nervous breakdown (= be likely to suffer one soon ) • She should slow down a bit - I think she's heading for a nervous breakdown. adjectives a complete nervous breakdown • He had a complete nervous after leaving university. phrases be on the verge/edge of a nervous breakdown (= to be very close to having a nervous breakdown ) • These events left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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noun ADJ. complete VERB + NERVOUS BREAKDOWN have, suffer PHRASES the brink/edge/verge of a nervous breakdown The stress of her job had brought her to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
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