control over

*control over someone or something

the power to direct or manage someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I have no control over Mary. I can't stop her from running away. Who gave you control over what goes on in this house?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ville	VEEL-le (Finnish)	Finnish, Swedish
Luisa	LWEE-sah (Spanish), LWEE-zah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Sanni	-	Finnish
&Aelig;Lfwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
JuliÁN	hoo-LYAHN	Spanish
Dragomir	-	Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic