go out of control

Example Sentences

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Radio signals can also be jammed, so incoming drones lose direction or go out of control.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

That said, he adds their populations should be monitored so that they don’t go out of control in certain areas with vulnerable local fauna, like islands.

From National Geographic • Aug. 4, 2023

“They get pushed on Twitter and go out of control because everybody sees them and journalists cover them,” he says.

From Scientific American • Nov. 8, 2022

I didn't want the tension to go out of control.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2022

Nor do I want to throw the comics away: that would be letting them loose, they might go out of control.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood