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under control

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Being taken care of or being addressed.
    idiomatic
  2. Being actively controlled, or able to be actively controlled in its current state.

Equivalents

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Examples

“Don't worry⟳; the police have⟳ been called and the situation is under control⟳.”
“Throughout the turbulence encounter, the pilots kept the aircraft under control⟳.”
“The control⟳ rods absorb neutrons in the reactor core, keeping the fission reaction under control⟳ and preventing it from going prompt critical.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

under correction under cover under cover of darkness under cover of night under erasure under fire

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