under control
idiom
: able to be handled or managed with success : not out of control
She remained calm and kept the situation under control.
A year after the divorce, he finally got his life back under control.
The firefighters got the fire under control.
You need to get your drinking/gambling/anger under control.
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Eighty fire officers, 12 pumping appliances and six special appliances were eventually needed to bring the fire under control.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
The fire took about 35 minutes to put out and get under control.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
The decision, disclosed Thursday, a day when CVS reported nearly $1.8 billion in net income amid a financial turnaround, comes as a relatively new management team works to get rising healthcare costs in its Aetna brand health insurance plans under control.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
It was declared under control roughly an hour later.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
The fire took about 35 minutes to put out and get under control.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2025
The decision, disclosed Thursday, a day when CVS reported nearly $1.8 billion in net income amid a financial turnaround, comes as a relatively new management team works to get rising healthcare costs in its Aetna brand health insurance plans under control.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
It was declared under control roughly an hour later.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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“Under control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20control. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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