be out of control
be out of control
1. To be acting without responding to manual direction or input. The machine is out of control, and I don't know how to turn it off!
2. To be reckless or wild; to be in an unruly or unmanageable state or manner. I'm sorry for the way I acted last night. I had too much to drink and was out of control. The real estate market in this city is totally out of control.
See also: control, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be, get, etc. out of conˈtrol
be or become impossible to manage or to control: The children are completely out of control since their father left. A truck ran out of control on the hill.See also: control, of, out
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- be, get, etc. out of control
- out of control
- on tilt
- over shoes, over boots
- steady on
- steady on!
- the business end
- business end
- business end of
- business end of something