"steady the ship" meaning in English

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      "form": "steadies the ship",
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    },
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      "form": "steadying the ship",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steadied the ship",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "steadied the ship",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England",
          "text": "As England attempted to steady the ship, the Rooney flashpoint occurred 17 minutes from time. He was involved in little more than a routine battle for possession near the touchline before lashing out at Dzudovic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 June 28, Jane Dudman, “In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship [title]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "If there is a moment to steady the ship, it is now. For [Grant] Robertson, that means investing significantly in the worn-out health system and pumping money into climate change solutions – big-ticket concerns he says he “owes to people”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17",
          "text": "Early on, Musk brought in a team of executives and staffers from elsewhere in his business empire, including Tesla and The Boring Company, to help steady the ship.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To bring under control."
      ],
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          "under control"
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        "(idiomatic) To bring under control."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "steady as she goes"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "right the ship"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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        "third-person"
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "steadied the ship",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "steadied the ship",
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        "past"
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          "ref": "2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 June 28, Jane Dudman, “In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship”, in The Guardian",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "If there is a moment to steady the ship, it is now. For [Grant] Robertson, that means investing significantly in the worn-out health system and pumping money into climate change solutions – big-ticket concerns he says he “owes to people”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17",
          "text": "Early on, Musk brought in a team of executives and staffers from elsewhere in his business empire, including Tesla and The Boring Company, to help steady the ship.",
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        "To bring under control."
      ],
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