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rein in

verb

Definitions

  1. To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins

  2. To stop or slow something, by exercising control.

    • The government has no other option than to rein in public spending.
    • “As you are well aware, over the last few months we’ve made a considerable effort to rein in costs, but it simply hasn’t been enough,” Daniel Ek, Spotify’s chief executive, said in a note to employees on Monday.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA