Usually means: Control or manage authority, responsibility.
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  1. hold the reins: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold the reins: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. hold the reins: Wiktionary

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  1. hold the reins: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold the reins)

verb:  (idiomatic) To be in charge, to be in control, as of a business, political organization, or other group.

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