round the bend

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round the bend

  1. (idiomatic) Crazy, mad or insane.
    • 2005, Henrik Moller, Renaissance, page 263:
      You're bloody berko, Koko! And who's driving? Manny? He's more round the bend than you!
  2. (idiomatic) Close to or in close proximity to another location.
    Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round,‎ bend.
    As the car rounded the bend the mountain chain/range came into view.
    • 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:
      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.

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