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steady the ship

steady the ship verb: to bring under control.

Verb

steady the ship (third-person singular simple present steadies the ship, present participle steadying the ship, simple past and past participle steadied the ship)

  1. (idiomatic) To bring under control.
    • As England attempted to steady the ship, the Rooney flashpoint occurred 17 minutes from time. He was involved in little more than a routine battle for possession near the touchline before lashing out at Dzudovic.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England
    • In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship [title]2016 June 28, Jane Dudman, “In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    right the ship

steady the ship meaning in Bengali

steady the ship in Bengali

নিয়ন্ত্রণে আনা

Examples of steady the ship in a sentence

  • If there is a moment to steady the ship, it is now.2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian:
  • Early on, Musk brought in a team of executives and staffers from elsewhere in his business empire, including Tesla and The Boring Company, to help steady the ship.2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times...
  • To steady the ship, [Laurent] Freixe was implementing an ambitious plan to cut costs by at least SFr2.5bn ($3.1bn), with the help of consultants like McKinsey.2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN...

Synonyms of steady the ship

Forms of steady the ship

third-person singular presentsteadies the ship
present participlesteadying the ship
past participlesteadied the ship
paststeadied the ship

Questions about steady the ship

What does steady the ship mean?
Steady the ship means to bring under control.
What is steady the ship in Bengali?
Steady the ship in Bengali is নিয়ন্ত্রণে আনা. See Steady the ship meaning in Bengali.
How do you use steady the ship in a sentence?
If there is a moment to steady the ship, it is now.
What part of speech is steady the ship?
Steady the ship is a verb.
What is the past tense of steady the ship?
The past tense of steady the ship is steadied the ship.

Words near steady the ship in the dictionary

  1. steady state
  2. steady state theory
  3. steady stater
  4. steady staters
  5. steady states
  6. steady the ship
  7. steady-as-she-goes
  8. steady-going
  9. steady-handed
  10. steady-handedness
  11. steady-state

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