under control

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Beingtaken care ofor beingaddressed.Don't worry; the police have been called and the situation isunder control.; (literal)Being activelycontrolled, or able to be actively controlled in its current state.Throughout the turbulence encounter, the pilots kept the aircraftunder control.The control rods absorb neutrons in the reactor core, keeping the fission reactionunder controland preventing it from going prompt critical.

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