English-French translations for out of control

• déraper
  L'UE doit elle aussi faire des efforts pour éviter que son budget ne continue de déraper et pour procéder aux compressions budgétaires nécessaires. The EU, too, must make efforts to ensure that its budget does not continue to run out of control and that it carries out the necessary cuts.
• hors de contrôle
  La situation est complètement hors de contrôle. The situation is completely out of control.
  Leur projet est à présent hors de contrôle. Now their project has run out of control.
  Le secteur public est resté hors de contrôle pendant de nombreuses années. The public sector was out of control for many years.

Definition of out of control

• Not under control
• Not in control of one's actions

Examples

• The economy is out of control and is headed for a crash.
• Your children are completely out of control. Can you stop them running around like that?

Related words

• out of context
• take out of context
• get out of control
• run out of control
• leave out of consideration