get out of hand
Lose all control
Get out of hand means to become uncontrollable or unmanageable.
A situation that was once contained escalates beyond reasonable limits: The party got out of hand when uninvited guests showed up.
The phrase suggests something that started manageable but grew beyond one's ability to direct or restrain it: Costs quickly got out of hand.
Compressed winter precipitation
- spiralCurve winding around center
- intensifyIncrease in degree
- worsenBecome more severe
- exacerbateMake a situation worse
amplify · accelerate · compound · aggravate · surge · mushroom · balloon · heighten
Impossible to control
- unrulyDifficult to control
- unbridledWithout any restraint
- uncheckedNot controlled or limited
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
runaway · unrestrained · untamed · out of control · overwhelming · rampant · lawless · ungovernable
snowball
Compressed winter precipitation
exacerbate · amplify · accelerate · compound · aggravate · surge · mushroom · balloon · heighten · proliferate
unmanageable
Impossible to control
wild · runaway · unrestrained · untamed · out of control · overwhelming · rampant · lawless · ungovernable · chaotic
pandemonium
State of utter confusion
- mayhemViolent disorder and destruction
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
havoc · anarchy · uproar · commotion · madness · fiasco · catastrophe · meltdown · shambles · riot
get out of handstay calm
Remain unruffled
settle down · calm down · simmer down · die down · de-escalate
hand, handsome, outcome, output, getting, offend, outsider, handed, outward