DAMAGE CONTROL Definition & Meaning

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damage control

noun

a department or group, as aboard a naval vessel, responsible for taking action to control damage caused by fire, collision, etc.
any efforts, as by a company, to curtail losses, counteract unfavorable publicity, etc.

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Idioms and Phrases

Measures to minimize or curtail loss or harm. For example, As soon as they discovered the leak to the press, the senator's office worked night and day on damage control . Used literally since the 1950s, specifically for limiting the effect of an accident on a ship, this term began to be used figuratively in the 1970s.

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Then there is the fact that the administration is already preparing for economic damage control with emergency aid for U.S. farmers.

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Of course the fire in the Oval was only inflamed by the president’s rhetoric on social media, so that’s when the White House damage control kicked into overdrive.

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If season one darkly satirised corporate greed and rebellion, season two lays bare disingenuous corporation damage control and co-option, in ways once again sure to spark Reddit theories.

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And then you’re just doing damage control and trying to protect them from everybody.

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Biden and the White House immediately went into damage control and sought to clarify his remarks.

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