off the deep end

Example Sentences

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His lawyer said, “He’s gone off the deep end.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Some wondered if then-CEO Jeff Bezos had “finally slipped off the deep end.”

From MarketWatch

Some wondered if then-CEO Jeff Bezos had “finally slipped off the deep end.”

From MarketWatch

Johnson is so cowed by accusations of fraud that he appears to have gone directly off the deep end.

From Salon

But in 1989 my finances went off the deep end.

From Salon