to rein
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4.9
- verb
- /reɪn/
:
refrenar
- A slate of conservatives won office, aiming to rein in spending so they could cut taxes.
- try to rein in
- efforts to rein in
- attempt to rein in
And our kids and our grandkids that we don't rein this in, we'll have to fork out even more.
- And our kids and our grandkids that we don't rein this in, we'll have to fork out even more.
- So how do you think Trump can can rein in this Clean Air Act?
- NIMCO offered the following traffic light strategy to rein in the chatter.
- So I would personally, I would just be reining in all of that.
- And then the government and other forces cracking down to rein that in.
- And sorry if this gets woo woo you, you rein me in.
- Mask up social distance, and let's rein this thing in before evolution does what it does best.
- As Alex tried to rein him in, Kanye kept repeating, I love Nazis, I love Hitler.
- And when we say reining in spending and cutting spending, it's real cuts, not Washington cuts.
- Cognition is reflective, and that contributes to us thinking of emotions as something that need to be reined in or controlled.
- Do you tell people to sort of rein in some of the stuff, save that for later, maybe that'll come out with your screenplay?
Examples
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I can always rein him in later.
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President Carter issued a punitive new executive order further reining in the CIA's role in the American intelligence system.
Academic text (2009) -
So how do you think Trump can can rein in this Clean Air Act?
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Officers have struggled for years to rein in the violence.
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Moreover, it was again time to use congressional oversight to rein in the agency.
Academic text (2009) -
If elections are held, a president or parliament hoping to rein in the military may eventually outmaneuver it.
Academic text (2011) -
Elsewhere, however, communities are still struggling to rein in reactive nitrogen.
Academic text (2012) -
Yet he made several valiant attempts to rein in bloated military budgets.
Academic text (2004) -
The government needs to rein in excessive spending to reduce the national debt.
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She managed to rein the children in before they started running off in different directions.
Synonyms
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1.9
To stop yourself from showing a feeling or reaction
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4.6
Hold a person or thing so it cannot move freely
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4.0
Control and use energy or strong feelings for a purpose
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4.6
To keep someone or something under control, for example by limiting spending
To stop or slow progress by controlling it, like a rider pulling the straps that guide a horse
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Literature
To stop or slow progress by controlling it, like a rider pulling the straps that guide a horse
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A rein used to keep a horse's head raised while pulling a carriage or when someone rides it
- Specialized
A plant with long stems of many small fragrant white flowers that grows in wet bogs
An orchid with thick stems and white fragrant flowers that grows along the United States Pacific coast
A North American orchid with small delicate blooms that grows from Alaska to Baja California and east to Colorado
- Specialized
A strap on a horse's bridle that directs the horse's head left or right
- Specialized
A wildflower from North America with a kidney-shaped lower part of the flower
- Specialized
A North American orchid with two round leaves and greenish white flowers on one stalk
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb rein comes from the action of pulling the horse's strap to slow or guide it, so to 'rein in' a feeling or action is to control it or hold it back.