out of control

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Jurors found him guilty of being the owner of a dog that caused injury resulting in death while dangerously out of control in a private place.

From BBC

The multiple Emmy winner will pick up with a time jump and its characters living as young adults, five years after high school, and things look completely out of control.

From MarketWatch

I interrupt, before things get out of control.

From Literature

“Remember, when you feel like things are spiraling out of control, breathe in, hold for five seconds, and then out.”

From Literature

"It's just getting out of control."

From BBC