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"send over the edge"
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Selecter  #262306  Sun, 03 Sep 06 09:07 PM
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With just one click of my finger I have sent Mark Tweed over the edge. And as we got back on board he was going to make sure none of us ever got off that bus again.

What does "send over the edge"? Does it mean "drive mad" or "drive to despair" or something else?
  
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Marius Hancu  #262307  Sun, 03 Sep 06 09:13 PM
Yes, push over the edge of sanity, normalcy.

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Selecter  #262309  Sun, 03 Sep 06 09:17 PM
Is it informal expression?
  
Marius Hancu  #262312  Sun, 03 Sep 06 09:22 PM
A bit informal, even slang, originally, but I think now it's standard, as it's mentioned here:

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