out of hand
Example Sentences
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“That was partly our fault,” Davis told me in an interview of the way expectations got out of hand.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Energy-drink consumption had gotten out of hand in this central Texas school district.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“We’re millennials and we’ve been seeing this on TikTok. We were like, ‘It’s starting to look like it’s getting out of hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
This correlation has long been the subject of urban myths on Wall Street, and many have dismissed it out of hand.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
As he was only eight, Gunda rejected the idea out of hand.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
