beyond control
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5.7
- idiom
:
fuera de control
- Moreover, economic growth was not sustainable since generous state subsidies targeted to attract the rural vote had expanded beyond control.
- escalate beyond control
- situations beyond control
- almost beyond control
My dad was drinking way beyond control and was abusive and all that sort of stuff.
- My dad was drinking way beyond control and was abusive and all that sort of stuff.
Examples
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Your brother is entirely beyond control.
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The Talisman is almost beyond control!
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The financial system was growing beyond control.
Blog text (1) -
Your emotions were beyond control.
Fiction book (1994) -
The demand for space is so acute that illegal building, especially in slum areas, is almost beyond control.
Academic text (2007) -
There are plenty of countries where lawlessness has been allowed to escalate beyond control.
Blog text (34) -
Most importantly, those involved must be prepared to accept the fact that some aspects of the system will be highly nonlinear or totally unpredictable and therefore beyond control.
Academic text (1992) -
Once in a while I can catch myself, but other times my temper's beyond control.
Synonyms
176
4.8
A situation that is not under control and hard to manage
47
4.9
Not able to be held back
31
3.9
Not kept within limits, like a fire or a strong feeling
12
6.2
Hard to control or deal with
3
7.1
Not controlled and showing no restraint
2
6.5
Too strong to control, it often makes people laugh loudly or feel great joy
No one can change or affect something like the weather
Not able to be defeated or controlled
Too strong to be controlled
Hard to control or change
Not under official rules or direct management by an authority
Antonyms
How Controllable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'beyond control' is directly compositional: 'beyond' (past/exceeding) plus 'control' (ability to manage) yields the meaning 'exceeding the ability to control'. This construction is common across languages and follows an obvious logical relation, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Beyond control paints a simple picture: something goes beyond a fence or out of someone's reach, so no one can control it. So, it means 'not able to be managed'.