out of control
English
Prepositional phrase
out of control
- Not under control.
- The economy is out of control and is headed for a crash.
- Not controllable.
- The airplane went out of control after its flight-control system failed.
- 1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:
- A coal train running into Bangor got out of control, with the result that the engine crashed through the buffers, and the leading bogie and driving wheels mounted the platform beyond.
- Not in control of one's actions.
- Your children are completely out of control. Can you stop them running around like that?
- 2022 September 11 [September 09, 2022], Lee, Hsin-fang; Jonathan Chin, “Letter calls for Taiwan’s UN inclusion”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 11 September 2022, Front Page:
- “The time is now for the United Nations and the rest of the world to jointly stand up against China and its lawless and out-of-control bullying of Taiwan,” they said, adding: “Enough is Enough.”
Synonyms
- full tilt boogie
- on the loose
Translations
not under control
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