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
MarÍA	mah-REE-ah (Spanish)	Spanish, Galician, Icelandic
Gemma	JEM-mah (Italian), JEM-ə (English), KHE-mah (Dutch)	Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch
Ning	-	Chinese
Denver	DEN-vər	English
Deena	DEEN-ə	English
Nabouchodonosor	-	Biblical Greek