GET OUT OF HAND Idiom – Meaning in a Sentence

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The meaning of: GET OUT OF HAND

This idiom is used when a situation becomes difficult or impossible to control;
it describes something which is chaotic and unmanageable.

The clipart shows a warning sign for a slippery road where a driver could lose control of the vehicle.

Let’s look at 3 illustrated sentence examples.

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In the picture, we see riot police in the UK.

The sentence reads: In 2011 civil unrest in the UK began to really get out of hand, and riots broke out in many major cities.

Here the phrase ‘get out of hand’ is referring to a situation.

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In the picture we see a woman screaming, uncontrollably.

Sentence example: She became so stressed that she would get out of hand over the slightest thing.

So here ‘get out of hand’ can be used to describe a person.

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The picture shows George Harrison of The Beatles, and his wife Pattie Boyd, visiting San Francisco during the time of the hippy movement.

Sentence example: Pattie Boyd recalls that when she and George Harrison visited Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in 1967, it started out friendly, but then crowds gathered and it began to get out of hand, so they made a quick exit.

So again, the phrase ‘get out of hand’ is used to describe a situation.

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So in summary, you can say a situation, (or a person), is getting out of hand when things start getting out of control, or if it becomes difficult to control, unmanageable, or chaotic

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If you are interested in the idiom “to get out of hand”, be sure to check this entry in the Idioms Dictionary:
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