bring under control

Meaning

1. Oxford90% of films

   to succeed in dealing with sth so that it does not cause any damage or hurt anyone

   The army is bound to get this under control.

In the movies · 11

• All right. Gotta keep it under control.Wreck-It Ralph2012
• The army is bound to get this under control.Bird Box2018
• as every painter must do, to bring it under control.My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989
• Just brings it back under control.Rush2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party

From the same entry

• be in control
• be out of control
• be under control

More idioms

• a change of mind
• leave be
• way back
• go to bed with
• day by day
• learn the hard way
• jump to conclusions
• from scratch
• behind the scenes
• lend a hand
• ups and downs
• by far