What does rein in mean?

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rein in

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rein, rein inverb

    stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins

    "They reined in in front of the post office"

  2. harness, rein in, draw rein, reinverb

    control and direct with or as if by reins

    "rein a horse"

  3. rein, rein inverb

    stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins

    "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"

Wiktionary

  1. rein inverb

    To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins

  2. rein inverb

    To stop or slow something, by exercising control.

Wikipedia

  1. rein in

    Reins are items of horse tack, used to direct a horse or other animal used for riding. They are long straps that can be made of leather, nylon, metal, or other materials, and attach to a bridle via either its bit or its noseband.

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  1. rein in

    To "rein in" means to exercise control, limit, or restrain something or someone. It originates from the act of pulling on the reins of a horse to slow it down or direct it.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rein in in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rein in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rein in in a Sentence

  1. Alicia Grandey:

    The relationship between surface acting and drinking after work was stronger for people who are impulsive or who lack personal control over behavior at work, if youre impulsive or constantly told how to do your job, it may be harder to rein in your emotions all day, and when you get home, you dont have that self-control to stop after one drink.

  2. Geoff Diehl:

    As governor I'm going to continue to work on efforts to diversify our portfolio, to rein in costs, to modernize the grid.

  3. Georgy Margvelashvili:

    I call on everyone to refrain from taking any drastic steps and to rein in their emotions.

  4. Ludovic Orban:

    Our party has taken full responsibility at these difficult times, and now, with a full power government, I'm confident we will manage to rein in coronavirus more resolutely.

  5. Don McCullin:

    The press had had pretty free rein in the Vietnam War ... to run around where we want, go anywhere, see anything, but once the war was over, (there was a) feeling that it was the media that helped to lose (America) the war. We didn't.


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