Usually means: Control or limit something effectively.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word rein in:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rein in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rein in: Merriam-Webster
  3. rein in: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rein in: Vocabulary.com
  5. rein-in: Wordnik
  6. rein in: Wiktionary
  7. rein in: Dictionary.com
  8. rein in: Rhymezone
  9. rein in: FreeDictionary.org
  10. rein in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. rein in: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rein in: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rein in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rein in: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rein in)

▸ verb:  To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
▸ verb:  (figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising control.

Similar:
draw rein, harness, rein, reign in, pull the reins in on someone, pull the reins in on something, Unrein, rein up, pull, curb, more...

Opposite:
unleash, let loose, release, free, allow

Types:
control, curb, restrain, hold back, suppress, more...

Phrases:
to rein in, more...

Adjectives:
tag, hempen, key, mounting, roping, hackney, stock, tail, bridled, cramp, bit

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Similar:
draw rein, harness, rein, reign in, pull the reins in on someone, pull the reins in on something, Unrein, rein up, pull, curb, more...

Opposite:
unleash, let loose, release, free, allow

Types:
control, curb, restrain, hold back, suppress, more...

Phrases:
to rein in, more...

Adjectives:
tag, hempen, key, mounting, roping, hackney, stock, tail, bridled, cramp, bit



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