rein

rein
rein1 [ reın ] noun count
1. ) usually plural a long narrow piece of leather fastened to a horse's head that the rider uses to control the horse
a ) BRITISH a set of bands fastened around a small child that an adult holds so that the child can walk alone but cannot run away
2. ) reins plural control of a company, government, or organization:
hand/take over the reins (=give someone control of something or take control of it): Hiroshi Okuda took over the reins of Toyota in August 1995.
hold the reins (=be the person who controls something): the designers who hold the creative reins at Dior fashion house
the reins of power/government/state: It's his deputy who really holds the reins of power.
give (full) rein to something/give something (full) rein
to let your imagination or feelings develop in an uncontrolled way:
Closing his eyes, he gave his imagination full rein.
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rein
rein 2 [ reın ] verb
,rein `in phrasal verb
1. ) rein in or rein back transitive to limit or control something that has developed too much or continued for too long:
France has asked its EU partners to rein in their criticism of nuclear testing.
2. ) intransitive or transitive to make a horse stop or go more slowly by pulling its reins

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Rein — Rein, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reined} (r?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reining}.] 1. To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. [1913 Webster] He mounts and reins his horse. Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To restrain; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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