out of hand
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Let’s stop the nonsense before it gets out of hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The outcome also led many to believe the game in the northern hemisphere had reached a new nadir - with England's World Cup prospects almost dismissed out of hand as a result.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“That was partly our fault,” Davis told me in an interview of the way expectations got out of hand.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
The move comes at a time of growing investor worry that Big Tech spending on AI is getting out of hand, although outlays on computing infrastructure have hardly lost steam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
As he was only eight, Gunda rejected the idea out of hand.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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