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.

Examples of under control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additional crews arrived, and the fire was brought under control around 10:44 p.m. —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

It’s kept chugging mostly higher despite the worst inflation in decades, painfully high interest rates meant to get inflation under control and worries that high rates would make a recession inevitable for the U.S. economy. —Stan Choe, Fortune, 18 May 2024

Slow growth complicates whether and when the Bank of Japan hikes interest rates again to get inflation under control. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 16 May 2024

However, out of almost 120 million Americans with it, only one in four has the condition under control. —Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2024

The fire at Zen 5 Sushi on Garnet Avenue near Dawes Street was reported shortly before 2 a.m. and brought under control about 20 minutes later, according to the department. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024

With the bulk of flames under control early afternoon, fire personnel said potential hot-spots remained under close watch. —Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024

This hyper-concentrated serum is here to help get everything under control. —Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024