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damage control

damage control

noun

Definition of damage control

: measures taken to offset or minimize damage to reputation, credibility, or public image caused by a controversial act, remark, or revelation

Recent Examples on the Web

//With an election looming, Labour has tried to do damage control.
— Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, "The Labour party has angered some British Hindus over its views on Kashmir," 13 Nov. 2019
//Few, if anyone, envisioned one of the most world’s most admired people forced into damage control mode, on the eve of one of the most anticipated NBA seasons in memory.
— Sean Gregory, Time, "How LeBron James Reignited the NBA-China Conflict Just Days Before Tipoff," 15 Oct. 2019
//That memo wasn’t leaked to The Washington Post or The New York Times by the deep state; it was released by the White House itself in a baffling attempt at damage control.
— Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Trump’s Defense Is Not Ready for Prime Time," 30 Sep. 2019
//YouGov Zomato went into damage control mode, restricting Gold membership, limiting the number of unlocks per day, and also users per table who could use the membership.
— Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, "Back-to-back controversies leave Zomato’s brand image with a bad aftertaste," 12 Sep. 2019
//Advanced damage control systems include telerobotic fire nozzles for putting out fires in select parts of the ship.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Everything We Know About the USS Zumwalt Destroyers," 5 Aug. 2019
//For Facebook, that damage control strategy worked for much of its young life.
— Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, "As Facebook reels from 'catastrophic moment' in Cambridge Analytica crisis, Mark Zuckerberg is silent," 20 Mar. 2018
//What ensued was an ultra-secret period of damage control.
— Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News, "Derek Carr nearly quit football for preacher’s life before rookie season with Raiders," 3 Sep. 2019
//Crisis public relations expert Scott Matter of New York City, though, a veteran of three GOP presidential campaigns and adviser to Fortune 500 corporations on damage control, called Bonnen’s handling of the mess inadequate.
— Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, "In agreeing to secret huddle, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen veers off state GOP’s script," 11 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of damage control

1943, in the meaning defined above

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