BRING / GET / KEEP STH UNDER CONTROL

Meaning of BRING / GET / KEEP STH UNDER CONTROL in English

to succeed in dealing with sth so that it does not cause any damage or hurt anyone :

It took two hours to bring the fire under control.

Please keep your dog under control!

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

UNDER — I. |əndə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old High German untar, adverb & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRING — ˈbriŋ verb ( brought ˈbrȯt, usu -ȯd.+V ; or nonstandard brung ˈbrəŋ ; also brang ˈbraŋ, -aiŋ ; or brought·en …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNDER — (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, …
Английский словарь Webster
UNDER — ( prep. ) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNDER — /un"deuhr/ , prep. 1. beneath and covered by: under a table; under a tree. 2. below the surface of: under …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GET
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRING — — bringer , n. /bring/ , v.t., brought, bringing . 1. to carry, convey, conduct, or cause (someone or something) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNDER — I. ˈən-dər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old High German untar under, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GET — I. ˈget, ÷ˈgit verb ( got ˈgät ; got or got·ten ˈgä-t ə n ; get·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRING — verb ( brought ˈbrȯt ; bring·ing ˈbriŋ-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bringan; akin to Old High German bringan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNDER — prep less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BRING — vt to convey; to move; to carry or conduct. 2. bring ·vt to produce in exchange; to sell for; to …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRING — [bring] vb brought ; bring.ing [ME, fr. OE bringan; akin to OHG bringan to bring, W hebrwng to accompany] vt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UNDER — / ˈʌndə(r); NAmE / preposition , adverb , adjective ■ preposition 1. in, to or through a position that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GET — / get; NAmE / verb ( getting , got , got / gɒt; NAmE gɑːt/) HELP NOTE : In spoken …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTROL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRING — / brɪŋ; NAmE / verb ( brought , brought / brɔːt; NAmE /) COME WITH SB / STH 1. bring …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNDER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GET
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONTROL — I. con ‧ trol 1 S1 W1 /kənˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : controlling, ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRING — bring S1 W1 /brɪŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle brought /brɔːt $ brɒːt/) [transitive] [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNDER — prep., adv., & adj. --prep. 1 a in or to a position lower than; below; beneath (fell under the table; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BRING — v.tr. (past and past part. brought) 1 a come conveying esp. by carrying or leading. b come with. 2 cause …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UNDER — prep., adv., & adj. prep. 1 a in or to a position lower than; below; beneath (fell under the table; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GET — v. & n. v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1 tr. come into …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRING — v.tr. (past and past part. brought) 1 a come conveying esp. by carrying or leading. b come with. 2 cause …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UNDER — prep., adv., & adj. --prep. 1. a in or to a position lower than; below; beneath (fell under the table; …
Oxford English vocab
KEEP
Oxford English vocab
GET — v. & n. --v. (getting; past got; past part. got or US (and in comb.) gotten) 1. tr. come into …
Oxford English vocab
BRING — v.tr. (past and past part. brought) 1. a come conveying esp. by carrying or leading. b come with. 2 cause …
Oxford English vocab
GET — I. CHANGING, CAUSING, MOVING, OR REACHING /get/ ( gets, getting, got, or gotten) Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNDER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONTROL — ( controls, controlling, controlled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Control of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRING — ( brings, bringing, brought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNDER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UNDER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GET
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONTROL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a control group (= a group used in an experiment or survey to compare …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRING — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES add/give/bring a new etc dimension to sth ▪ Digital cameras have added a new dimension …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
KEEP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GET — Synonyms and related words : OD, absorb, accede to, accept, access, accumulate, acquire, addle, admit, advance, affect, age, aggravate, agree …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRING — Synonyms and related words : accompany, accomplish, achieve, advance, affect, afford, allure, amount to, assume, attend, attract, be sold, bear, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNDER — See: CUT THE GROUND FROM UNDER, GO UNDER, OUT FROM UNDER, SNOW UNDER.
Slang English vocab
UNDER — prep. buckle under go under knuckle under under the table
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BRING — v. bring about bring around bring down bring forth bring in bring off bring out bring up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
UNDER — See ↑ LESS 2, ↑ POSITION/RANK 6, ↑ TYPE 4, ↑ UNDER/BELOW 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ go under • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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