Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use damage limitation
But Broomfield argues that the long-running case is now an exercise in damage controlfor the Los Angeles police.
damage control in British English
(ˈdæmɪdʒ kənˈtrəʊl)
noun
another name for damage limitation
Examples of 'damage control' in a sentence
damage control
His jaw was set and I knew he was working out a plan for damage control.
Wood, Ted SNOWJOB (2001)
She was working on damage control, and hiding the tapes was part of it.