Synonym: in check, in restraint. Similar words: control, out of control, control group, beyond control, controversy, controversial, on the contrary, under. Meaning: adv. unable to act freely.
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(31) We can rest easy now - we've got everything under control.
(32) The Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates to keep inflation under control .
(33) Dog-owners have been warned to keep their animals under control.
(34) It took them two hours to bring/get the fire under control.
(35) I'm glad to see that you have everything under control .
(36) Shea used diet and exercise to bring her weight under control .
(37) Firefighters have now managed to bring the fire under control.
(38) If we can't bring our problems under control, feelings of powerlessness and despair often ensue.
(39) Everything is under control.
(40) Don't worry-everything's under control!
(41) With the help of the neighbours the fire was at last brought under control.
(42) More than 50 firefighters fought to bring the blaze under control.
(43) I shall put an experienced teacher in charge of that class to bring the children under control.
(44) The whole hospital area has been zoned off until the infection is under control.
(45) She had her thoughts under control again, thank heavens.
(46) The company must keep costs under control.
(47) Her rage was barely under control.
(48) We can easily bring this condition under control.
(49) Like I had everything under control.
(50) Choose trails within your ability and ski under control.
(51) It was a matter of keeping everything under control.
(52) Diabetics have to eat regularly if their illness is to be kept under control with insulin injections.
(53) Yesterday it had been difficult to keep his thoughts under control.
(54) It took around fifty officers two hours to bring it under control.Sentencedict.com
(55) More than 100 firefighters fought for four hours to bring the blaze under control.
(56) Yet despite the activity, police say they've got the situation under control.
(57) An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.
(58) It abandoned incomes policy in the private sector, seeking only to keep pay increases to public employees tightly under control.
(59) By the time she turned into the long street to her flat, however, she had herself under control.
(60) The next moment she had her face under control, turning towards the door with a polite smile.
More similar words: control, out of control, control group, beyond control, controversy, controversial, on the contrary, under, under way, founder, undergo, come under, fall under, undermine, undertake, understand, underlying, contrast, contract, undergraduate, contribute, contributor, contractor, by contrast, contrast to, contribution, contribute to, contretemps, to the contrary, percolate.