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in control of someone or something

 

1. in charge of someone or something. Who is in control of this place? I am not in control of her. She works for another department.

2. to have someone or something mastered or subdued; to have achieved management of someone or something. You should be in control of your dog at all times. The attendant was instructed to be in control of his patient at all times.

See also: control, of