Meaning

1 senses
  1. Barely under control; not under control.

    Near-synonyms: chaotic, messy, uncontrolled, uncontrollable

    Clean things as you go so that the mess does not get out of hand.

    geraten, außer Kontrolle, überhand (now only used in überhandnehmen)

    неуправляемыйneupravljajemyj

Examples

254 sentences
  1. The situation is getting out of hand.

    Ситуація виходить із-під контролю. — deniko

    ruСитуация выходит из-под контроля. — marafon

  2. The party got out of hand.

    Вечірка вийшла з-під контролю. — deniko

  3. Come out with your hands up.

    ruВыходите с поднятыми руками. — Lenin_1917

    deKommen Sie mit erhobenen Händen heraus! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. It's out of my hands now.

  5. Things quickly got out of hand.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
not under control, out of control:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not under control, out of control:

Forms

more out of hand, most out of hand
Comparativemore out of hand Lesson
Superlativemost out of hand Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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