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out of control

Definition for out of control

adjective as in behaving unreasonably

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However, McDonald’s chief financial officer Ian Borden said on the recent earnings call that the company has managed to keep expenses from getting out of control.

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We have ICE claiming that the protesters are out of control—throwing stuff, ransacking the building, shattering entrances—then we’ve got the Portland police saying: No, they’re not.

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Investors took fright that the deficit will spiral out of control and were mollified somewhat Friday morning when Britain’s Treasury leaked that rosier economic forecasts might leave her with a smaller budget gap.

The home secretary is likely to acknowledge on Monday that the UK's borders are "out of control".

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The water is poisoned, economic inequality is out of control and immigrants have become an easy target.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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