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rein
[ reyn ]
noun
- any of certain other straps or thongs forming part of a harness, as a checkrein.
- any means of curbing, controlling, or directing; check; restraint.
- reins, the controlling or directing power:
the reins of government.
verb (used with object)
- to check or guide (a horse or other animal) by exerting pressure on a bridle bit by means of the reins.
- to curb; restrain; control.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used without object)
- to obey the reins:
a horse that reins well.
- to rein a horse or other animal.
rein
/ ɪ /
noun
- often plural one of a pair of long straps, usually connected together and made of leather, used to control a horse, running from the side of the bit or the headstall to the hand of the rider, driver, or trainer
- a similar device used to control a very young child
- any form or means of control
to take up the reins of government
- the direction in which a rider turns (in phrases such as on a left ( or right ) rein , change the rein )
- something that restrains, controls, or guides
- give free rein or give a free reinto allow considerable freedom; remove restraints
- keep a tight rein onto control carefully; limit
we have to keep a tight rein on expenditure
- on a long reinwith the reins held loosely so that the horse is relatively unconstrained
- shorten the reinsto take up the reins so that the distance between hand and bit is lessened, in order that the horse may be more collected
verb
- tr to check, restrain, hold back, or halt with or as if with reins
- to control or guide (a horse) with a rein or reins
they reined left
Usage
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rein1
Idioms and Phrases
- draw rein, to curtail one's speed or progress; halt:
The rider saw the snake and drew rein sharply.
- give rein to, to give complete freedom to; indulge freely: Also give free rein to, give full rein to.
to give rein to one's imagination.
More idioms and phrases containing rein
see draw in the reins ; free hand (rein) tight rein on .Example Sentences
Instead he delivered an error-strewn showing which leaves him with a huge challenge on his hands to rein in a player who has already shown that he can be an impressive frontrunner.
The veteran investor, known as the Oracle of Omaha, told his company's annual meeting he would hand over the reins to Vice-Chairman Greg Abel.
Gedmin, who became interim head of MBN last April and took the reins in October, acknowledges MBN’s defects, but said he believed the networks were on the path to a turnaround before Lake’s intervention.
The callers often seem confused; there is dead air, and Mulaney, who does not hold the tightest rein over the show, will summarily end a conversation by asking what kind of car they drive.
If it does, and we see a turnaround in the reins of power in 2026 and again in 2028, prepare for some very rough times.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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