单词 | out of control |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for out of controlout of controlSEE SYNONYMS FOR out of control ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Words nearby out of controlout of business, out of character, out of circulation, out of commission, out of condition, out of control, out-of-court, out-of-date, out-of-door, out-of-doors, out of fashion The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing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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