steady the ship

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steady the ship (third-person singular simple present steadies the ship, present participle steadying the ship, simple past and past participle steadied the ship)

  1. (idiomatic) To bring under control.
    • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England‎:
      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.
    • 2016 June 28, Jane Dudman, “In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship”, in The Guardian‎:
      In this Brexit turmoil we’ll need our civil servants to steady the ship [title]
    • 2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian‎:
      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”.

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