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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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary