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out of control
Idioms and Phrases
Also, out of hand . No longer under management, direction, or regulation; unmanageable or unruly. For example, Housing costs are out of control , or The children were getting out of hand again . The first term uses control in the sense of “restraint,” a usage dating from the late 1500s; the variant uses hand in the sense of “power” or “authority,” and dates from the late 1800s.Example Sentences
She hoped bringing Megan up in a quieter area would keep her safe - but instead, her drug use would spiral out of control in the coastal town.
The Sánchez government has also pushed through parliament a housing law, which includes a cap on rentals in so-called "high-tension" areas where prices are climbing out of control.
Dr Coelho told me that Maid was "out of control".
The CPS said a female passenger was seen filming them at one point on her phone, adding that it was clear to witnesses that Williams' Audi was out of control before colliding with another car.
Commentating on the game for BBC Radio 5 Live, former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock said: "Tarkowski knows exactly what he's doing in that situation. I think it is so dangerous. It is out of control from Tarkowski."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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