Upper-Intermediate 💬 Idioms & Phrasal Verbs · #45 of 182

Idiom: Get Out of Hand

become uncontrollable

Examples

  • The party got out of hand.

Key rules

  • Get out of hand means become impossible to control
  • It is used for situations, parties, arguments and behaviour
  • It takes no article before "hand"
  • It is followed by no object

Common mistakes

  • The party got out of the hand → The party got out of hand
💡 Tip: Use it for a problem that is growing too quickly to manage.
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