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out of control en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Not under control.
    • The UN secretary general has said that “climate change is out of control”, as an unofficial analysis of data showed that average world temperatures in the seven days to Wednesday were the hottest week on record. 2023 July 7, “UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • The economy is out of control and is headed for a crash.
    • The correspondence in these columns about locomotive slipping, which has been proceeding for some months past, is tending to get out of control, and it is necessary, despite the interest of the subject, to bring it to a close. 1954 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 260:
  2. Not controllable.
    • A coal train running into Bangor got out of control, with the result that the engine crashed through the buffers, and the leading bogie and driving wheels mounted the platform beyond. 1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:
    • The airplane went out of control after its flight-control system failed.
  3. Not in control of one's actions.
    • Your children are completely out of control. Can you stop them running around like that?
    • “The time is now for the United Nations and the rest of the world to jointly stand up against China and its lawless and out-of-control bullying of Taiwan,” they said, adding: “Enough is Enough.” 2022 September 11 [2022 September 9], Lee Hsin-fang, Jonathan Chin, “Letter calls for Taiwan’s UN inclusion”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2022, Front Page:

Synonyms

full tilt boogie · on the loose

Translations (15)

bg безконтролен (not under control) · fr hors de contrôle (not under control) · pt descontrolado (not under control) · pt desgovernado (not under control) · ar منفلت من عقاله (not under control) · es fuera de control (not under control) · de ohne jegliche Kontrolle (not under control) · pt fora de controle (not under control) · ur بے قابو (not under control) · la impos (not under control) · de aus dem Ruder (not under control) · tr kontrol dışı (not under control) · de außer Kontrolle (not under control) · el εκτός ελέγχου (not under control) · pl nieopanowany (not under control)