under control

phrase

: 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

Shorter-term Treasury yields fell as traders pared bets that the Fed will raise its main interest rate next month to get inflation further under control. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office later said the situation was under control. — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Firefighters brought the blaze under control within roughly 90 minutes of their arrival and stayed at the scene for approximately three hours afterward to put out hot spots. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Even fewer are regularly taking antiretrovirals to keep their condition under control. — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for under control

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