"in control" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in control.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in control, {{en-PP}} in control
  1. (idiomatic) Exercising control over a machine, vehicle, situation etc. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in the saddle Related terms: under control, out of control
    Sense id: en-in_control-en-prep_phrase-Js3MqZXZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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