get out of hand

if a situation gets out of hand, it cannot be controlled any more Things got a little out of hand at the party and three windows were broken. In my first year at college my drinking got a bit out of hand.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hildegard	HIL-de-gahrt (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Glennis	-	Welsh
Graham	GRAY-əm, GRAM	Scottish, English
Rama (1)	RAH-mah (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Stefan	SHTE-fahn (German), STAY-fahn (Dutch), STE-fahn (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Muirchertach	-	Irish