When something 'gets out of hand', it means it becomes unmanageable or uncontrollable.
The idiom 'to get out of hand' means to become impossible to control.
| Idiom | to get out of hand |
|---|---|
| Definition | to get out of control |
| Examples | - His behaviour is getting out of hand. If he's not careful he'll be kicked out of school. - The street demonstrations in Paris quickly got out of hand. Thousands of cars were set on fire and over a hundred police were injured. - This whole thing of treating us like criminals is getting way out of hand. - Like most obsessions, this quickly got out of hand, and he now owns enough instruments for a full steel orchestra. |
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