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bent out of shape









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A metal public phone box is bent out of shape, its sign dangling as it probably has for years.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

My husband got all bent out of shape and said to our child that he guesses they can no longer play that game.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2022

It’s a rusty piece of iron, bent out of shape.

From New York Times • May 26, 2021

But Elton did get bent out of shape because a group of us, the day after we arrived in Los Angeles, rented a car and went to Palm Springs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2019

Father was still all bent out of shape over yesterday’s events.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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