run out of control

Fewer people living in the countryside means that fires set for agricultural clearing are more likely to run out of control.

And with inflation threatening to run out of control, citizens will need higher wages, too.

Now, the Treasury has foreign lenders' support, but to keep them on its side it must show it won't let the deficit run out of control.

But if responsibility remains in the hands of politicians, all too often they let the public finances run out of control.

It is in between visits to the doctor that these diseases run out of control.

Chinese nationalism is starting to run out of control.

The problem: When running downhill, some people have a tendency to lean way too far forward, overstride, and run out of control.

Our policies have run out of control.

Will that spiral run out of control?

Tumours of all sorts, for example, are clusters of cells run out of control, dividing incessantly.

He must lead an effective global response to the prospect of accelerated climate change or else the problem may soon run out of control