damage control
noun
: measures taken to offset or minimize damage to reputation, credibility, or public image caused by a controversial act, remark, or revelation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Unlike her fellow Marvel alums, Dawson started doing damage control. 
Jacob Siegal, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022 The company tried to do damage control, even commenting on the video, saying the company is changing and Wexner is no longer with the brand. Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022 Kershaw had to do damage control in the fifth, giving up one run on a sacrifice fly after the Cubs (34-51) led off with a single and double. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022 With this latest announcement, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will now look to do some damage control ahead of the next general election that is due in less than two years. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 14 June 2022 Kourt ducks into a nearby study to call nine-year-old Penelope and do damage control; Kim slips in after her, throwing us back to the dynamics of their former bond. Vogue, 5 May 2022 Vought is doing all sorts of damage control, painting Starlight is a rogue actor and attempting to save Homelander's image. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 1 July 2022 Paris appeared to be doing damage control Friday, with a presidential official telling reporters that France wants a Ukrainian victory and was unwilling to make concessions to Russia, Reuters reported. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 11 June 2022 See More
Jacob Siegal, BGR, 8 Aug. 2022 Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2022 The company tried to do damage control, even commenting on the video, saying the company is changing and Wexner is no longer with the brand. Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022 Kershaw had to do damage control in the fifth, giving up one run on a sacrifice fly after the Cubs (34-51) led off with a single and double. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022 With this latest announcement, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will now look to do some damage control ahead of the next general election that is due in less than two years. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 14 June 2022 Kourt ducks into a nearby study to call nine-year-old Penelope and do damage control; Kim slips in after her, throwing us back to the dynamics of their former bond. Vogue, 5 May 2022 Vought is doing all sorts of damage control, painting Starlight is a rogue actor and attempting to save Homelander's image. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 1 July 2022 Paris appeared to be doing damage control Friday, with a presidential official telling reporters that France wants a Ukrainian victory and was unwilling to make concessions to Russia, Reuters reported. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 11 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
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