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in control

in control prepositional phrase: exercising control over a machine, vehicle, situation etc.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Exercising control over a machine, vehicle, situation etc.
    • The General said that his troops were now in control of the situation.
    • It was a bitter blow to England's players, who sank to their knees in disappointment, after fighting so hard but a draw does not cause too much damage and they still remain in control of their own destiny.2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022
    Synonyms:
    in the saddle

in control meaning in Malayalam

in control in Malayalam

in control
അടക്കം aṭakkaṁ

Synonyms of in control

Questions about in control

What does in control mean?
In control means exercising control over a machine, vehicle, situation etc.
What is in control in Malayalam?
In control in Malayalam is അടക്കം (aṭakkaṁ). See In control meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is in control?
In control is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in control in the dictionary

  1. in consequence
  2. in contempt
  3. in contention
  4. in contrast
  5. in contrast to
  6. in control
  7. in copula
  8. in countenance
  9. in country
  10. in course
  11. in court

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in control (page history and authors); അടക്കം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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