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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Johnson, Pritzker and Preckwinkle must work with public unions to get pensions under control.
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Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2024
The call was made at 7:51 p.m. UTC, with the fire brought under control by 9:02 p.m.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
By this point, the hoja blanca disease was under control, and new resistant varieties of rice had been developed.
—Jehangir Bhadha, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
Now, inflation is more or less under control, but that’s also come at a cost: The job market, while still historically strong, is starting to weaken.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
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Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2024
The call was made at 7:51 p.m. UTC, with the fire brought under control by 9:02 p.m.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
By this point, the hoja blanca disease was under control, and new resistant varieties of rice had been developed.
—Jehangir Bhadha, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
Now, inflation is more or less under control, but that’s also come at a cost: The job market, while still historically strong, is starting to weaken.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Under control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20control. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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