Phrase thesaurus
Control Phrases
137 phrases and expressions related to "control".
Phrases
- 3 6 3 Rule
- Absolute power corrupts absolutely (quotation by Lord Acton)
- Air Power is Peace Power (Lockheed Aircraft advertising slogan)
- Balance of power
- Beauty contest (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
- Beauty parade (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
- Black power
- Call the shots
- Calling all cars
- Calling the shots
- Canteen culture (boorish behaviour by rank and file police or soldiers)
- Chain of command
- Check it out
- Check out
- Check out the plumbing
- Check the plumbing
- Check you on the flip side
- Check your sources
- Command and control
- Command central
- Congestion charging
- Control freak
- Controlled substance
- Cost control
- Crowd control
- Cruise control
- Do yourself a power of good
- Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
- Don't you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
- Double check
- Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Police song)
- Exert one's authority
- Fight the power
- Flower power
- Free hand
- Get a grip
- Girl power
- Golden rule
- Gravity check
- Grey power
- Have it in hand
- Have the advantage of
- Have the ball at your feet
- Helping the police with their enquiries
- Hold all the aces
- Hold the purse strings
- Home rule
- Honesty is the best policy
- I got punky power (A catchphrase from Punky Brewster)
- I have it on good authority
- I have the power! (A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe)
- In a flat spin
- In the box seat
- In the palm of your hand
- In the saddle
- Invest with power
- Keep in check
- Keep on top of
- Knowledge is power
- Known to the police
- Leading authority
- Lose control
- Make a list; check it twice
- Message in A Bottle (Police song)
- Mob rule
- Money is power
- More power to your elbow
- Neat freak
- Now you're playing with power! (Nintendo Entertainment System advertising slogan)
- On a tight leash
- Open door policy
- Out of control
- People power
- Pester power
- Play God
- Police state
- Portion control
- Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
- Power dressing
- Power is Macintosh (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
- Power lunch
- Power mad
- Power nap
- Power to the people
- Power trip
- Power up
- Power without the price (Atari advertising slogan)
- Puppet master
- Quality control
- Radio control
- Reality check
- Revolving door policy
- Rubber bullet (a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control)
- Rule Britannia
- Rule of thumb
- Rule out
- Rule the roost
- Rule with a rod of iron
- Rule with an iron fist
- Run with the ball
- Scorched Earth Policy
- Soft power
- Spiral out of control
- The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
- The check is in the mail
- The corridors of power
- The exception which proves the rule
- The power and the glory
- The power behind the throne
- The power of dreams (Honda advertising slogan)
- The power to be your best (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
- There's an exception to every rule
- Thought police
- Tour de force (a feat of strength power or skill)
- Unleash the power of the sun (Sunny Delight advertising slogan)
- Walking On The Moon (The Police song)
- We answer to a higher authority (Hebrew National hot dogs advertising slogan)
- Wear the trousers
- Whip hand
- With great power comes great responsibility
- Work to rule
- World authority
Related
- Command and control
- Control freak
- Cost control
- Crowd control
- Cruise control
- Don't you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
- Lose control
- Out of control
- Portion control
- Quality control
- Radio control
- Rubber bullet (a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control)
- Spiral out of control
- The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)