reel in

phrasal verb

reeled in; reeling in; reels in

: to pull in (a fish that is caught on a hook on the end of a fishing line) by turning the reel of a fishing rod

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The department expects to save roughly $5 million from the two brownouts and another $10 million from an additional four temporary closures next month, part of the city’s attempt to reel in a crippling budget deficit. —

Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025 Takeuchi reeled in the fish off the coast of Oma, a small town in northeastern Japan. —

Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025 The general manager at the time was from New England and was hoping to reel in customers from that region. —

Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024 To reel in any males buzzing about, the fungus releases volatile chemicals from the bodies of infected female flies, according to a July 2022 study published in The ISME Journal. —

Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reel in