Definition of Beyond control

1. Adverb. Out of control. "The riots got out of hand"

Exact synonyms: Out Of Hand
Antonyms: In Hand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beyond Control

bexarotene
bey
beya
beyearn
beyelp
beylerbey
beylerbeys
beylic
beylics
beylik
beyliks
beyond a reasonable doubt
beyond any doubt
beyond belief
beyond control (current term)
beyond doubt(p)
beyond measure
beyond one's ken
beyond one's pay grade
beyond question
beyond the black stump
beyond the pale
beyond the sea
beyondness
beyonds
beys
bez
bezafibrate
bezant

Literary usage of Beyond control

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"By 1979, the Situation Was beyond control by Repression Dr. Alvaro Magana—It has been said that ... in 1972, electoral fraud was perpetrated against the ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1889)
"... and a resolution to withhold the measure from the House was offered by Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, but not until it had passed beyond control of the Senate ..."

3. Hidden Power: A Secret History of the Indian Ring, Its Operations, Intrigues by Thomas Henry Tibbles (1881)
"beyond control. EVERAL long conversations between Wilmot and Jack resulted in an agreement that they would both go out to the reservation on the ..."

4. Report of the Trial of Friends in the City of Philadelphia, June, 1828 by Edmund Shotwell, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould, Pennsylvania (1828)
"Happily, the evil is not yet entirely beyond control. An opportunity is now presented to check its growth, and to prevent its recurrence, by the warning ..."

5. Peace--at Any Price by Porter Emerson Browne (1916)
"If they get beyond control sometimes, try to put them back under control as quickly and completely as possible. In closing, I have just one more thing to ..."

6. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"By 1979, the Situation Was beyond control by Repression Dr. Alvaro Magana—It has been said that ... in 1972, electoral fraud was perpetrated against the ..."

7. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1889)
"... and a resolution to withhold the measure from the House was offered by Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, but not until it had passed beyond control of the Senate ..."

8. Hidden Power: A Secret History of the Indian Ring, Its Operations, Intrigues by Thomas Henry Tibbles (1881)
"beyond control. EVERAL long conversations between Wilmot and Jack resulted in an agreement that they would both go out to the reservation on the ..."

9. Report of the Trial of Friends in the City of Philadelphia, June, 1828 by Edmund Shotwell, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould, Pennsylvania (1828)
"Happily, the evil is not yet entirely beyond control. An opportunity is now presented to check its growth, and to prevent its recurrence, by the warning ..."

10. Peace--at Any Price by Porter Emerson Browne (1916)
"If they get beyond control sometimes, try to put them back under control as quickly and completely as possible. In closing, I have just one more thing to ..."

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