under control

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under control

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  1. idiomatic Being taken care of or being addressed. Don't worry; the police have been called and the situation is under control.
  2. Being actively controlled, or able to be actively controlled in its current state. Throughout the turbulence encounter, the pilots kept the aircraft under control.

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prep_phrase being taken care of

Españolbajo/so control
Françaissous contrôle
Deutschunter Kontrolle
Italianosotto controllo
Ελληνικάυπό έλεγχο ypó élencho
Românăsub control
Русскийпод контролем pod kontrolem

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@misc{under_control_2026,
  title = {under control},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/under%20control},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}