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
Enok	E-nok (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Vassilis	-	Greek
Antoni	ahn-TAW-nee (Polish), ən-TAW-nee (Catalan)	Polish, Catalan
Terentius	-	Ancient Roman
Eamon	-	Irish
Simin	-	Persian