under control

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Prepositional phrase

1. Being taken care of or being addressed.
   • Don't worry; the police have been called and the situation is under control.
2. Being actively controlled, or able to be actively controlled in its current state.
   • Throughout the turbulence encounter, the pilots kept the aircraft under control.
   • The control rods absorb neutrons in the reactor core, keeping the fission reaction under control and preventing it from going prompt critical.

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