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out of control

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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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Words nearby out of control

out of business, out of character, out of circulation, out of commission, out of condition, out of control, out-of-court, out-of-date, out-of-door, out-of-doors, out of fashion
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Words related to out of control

disorderly, rebellious, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, wild, carried away, out of hand

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