under control
idiom
: able to be handled or managed with success : not out of control
She remained calm and kept the situation under control.
A year after the divorce, he finally got his life back under control.
The firefighters got the fire under control.
You need to get your drinking/gambling/anger under control.
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Additional crews arrived, and the fire was brought under control around 10:44 p.m.
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Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
Like parent company Disney, Pixar is now laying off employees as part of Bob Iger’s big plan to get the company’s spending under control.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
Like parent company Disney, Pixar is now laying off employees as part of Bob Iger’s big plan to get the company’s spending under control.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 May 2024
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“Under control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20control. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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