rein in
phrasal verb
reined in; reining in; reins in
1
: to limit or control (someone or something)
Congress must rein in spending.
You had better rein that kid in before she gets hurt.
2
: to make (an animal) stop by using reins
The rider reined in his horse.
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Conservative activists have often successfully rallied in recent years to force retailers and companies to rein in their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by staging boycotts to hurt sales.
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Some of the characteristics of our present system—that officers can abuse with impunity, that police chiefs refused to do more to rein in abuse, that bad cops can’t be fired—weren’t born entirely of a right-wing America.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
But as Trump begins his second term, many of the voters who sent him back to the White House welcome more robust government action to rein in a health care system many Americans perceive as out of control, polls show.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
These attempts to rein in the AfD has become a soapbox issue for AfD lawmakers, whose rousing cries that their freedom of speech is being restricted have been echoed by Musk and others.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Some of the characteristics of our present system—that officers can abuse with impunity, that police chiefs refused to do more to rein in abuse, that bad cops can’t be fired—weren’t born entirely of a right-wing America.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
But as Trump begins his second term, many of the voters who sent him back to the White House welcome more robust government action to rein in a health care system many Americans perceive as out of control, polls show.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
These attempts to rein in the AfD has become a soapbox issue for AfD lawmakers, whose rousing cries that their freedom of speech is being restricted have been echoed by Musk and others.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Rein in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rein%20in. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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