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Phrase(s): *under control
Fig. manageable; restrained and controlled; not out of control. (*Typically: be ~; bring someone or something ~; get someone or something ~; have someone or something ~; keep someone or something ~.) • We finally got things under control and functioning smoothly. • The doctor felt she had the disease under control and that I would get well soon.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs