Collocations for "control"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "control" in context.
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control
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [total, complete, unquestionable] control
- has [political, military] control
- [use, take, methods of] birth control
- [set, install, choose] parent controls (on the internet)
- [security, access, program, content, internet] controls
- (poor) [quality, disease, pollution] control
- change the [climate, temperature] control
- has control [over, of] me
- take control of this situation
- fight for control (of)
- [relinquish, concede] control
- are out of control!
- take control of [yourself, your actions, your emotions]
- keep your [anger, frustration, behavior] under control
- [lose, gain] control of
- is under the control of
- (has) introduced controls to [insure, prevent]
- is a member of the ground control
- [Mexican, UK] border control
- the [player, attacker] showed great ball control
- the (fork-lift) controls are easy to [operate, understand]
- [pass through, get stopped at] passport control
- is a control freak
- control [settings, features, measures]
- on the control panel
- the ground control tower
- the (US) border control [agency, system]
- birth control methods
- the birth control pill
- control the [population, people, citizens]
- control the [crowd, riot, protest]
- control the [press, media]
- control the [pain, progress, disease]
- control the [outcome, results]
- control [access, entrance] to
- control [a plane, the helicopter]
- controlled by [the pilot, the autopilot, a passenger]
- controlled [automatically, manually]
- controlled by a [switch, button, lever]
- controlled to [prevent, ensure]
- control your [eating, smoking, gambling] (habits)
- (cannot) control your [emotions, thoughts, desire]
- (try to) control yourself
- control the [company, government, country]
- controlled by big [corporations, companies, money, pharma]
'control' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- absolute
- account
- administration
- anger
- animal
- appetite
- arm
- avoidance
- awesome
- balloon
- battle
- benchmark
- beyond
- birth
- bladder
- bleeding
- boom
- bowl
- breath
- broad
- buoyancy
- captain
- check
- circumstance
- closed
- clutch
- collar
- command
- compulsory
- contact
- corporation
- cowboy
- crowd
- cruise
- decade
- degree
- delete
- destiny
- determination
- dial
- diet
- direct
- disease
- disorder
- district
- dominate
- drought
- empire
- entrance