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Phrase(s): in control of someone or something
1. in charge of someone or something. • Who is in control of this place? • I am not in control of her. She works for another department. 2. to have someone or something mastered or subdued; to have achieved management of someone or something. • You should be in control of your dog at all times. • The attendant was instructed to be in control of his patient at all times.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs