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.

ChatGPT

  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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  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. John Nolte:

    The failure of these policies in Baltimore State has nothing to do with the color of the skin of those implementing them, democrats had free rein in Baltimore State for going on 50 years. Nothing has stopped them from implementing their policies. The result is a total and complete failure.

  2. Justin Jones of Nashville:

    It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six precious lives in my community here in Nashville, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, their first action is not to take actions to rein in this proliferation of weapons of war in our streets, but it’s to expel their colleagues for standing with our constituents.

  3. Gary Gensler:

    Senator Sanders should go beyond his existing plans for reforming Wall Street and endorse Hillary Clinton's tough, comprehensive proposals to rein in risky behavior within the shadow banking sector.

  4. Ted Cruz:

    Congress is obliged to use every constitutional check and balance we have to rein in President Obama's lawlessness, and that includes both our confirmation authority over nominees and the power of the purse.

  5. Katie Britt:

    When it comes to inflation, you know, talking to people across our state, whether it's retirees or hard-working families, people are hurting, people can't make ends meet. You look at what we need to do to rectify that. First, we need to rein in spending. We have got to stop the ridiculous, consistent overspending that has put us in this position to start with.


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