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reign in

reign in is the misspelling of rein in.

Meaning of rein in

Verb

rein in (third-person singular simple present reins in, present participle reining in, simple past and past participle reined in)

  1. To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
  2. (figuratively) To stop or slow something, by exercising control.
    • The government has no other option than to rein in public spending.

Forms of reign in

third-person singular presentreigns in
present participlereigning in
past participlereigned in
pastreigned in

Questions about reign in

What is reign in the misspelling of?
Reign in is the misspelling of rein in.

Words near reign in in the dictionary

  1. reiglements
  2. reigles
  3. reign
  4. reign check
  5. reign hell
  6. reign in
  7. reign of terror
  8. reign supreme
  9. reigne
  10. reigned
  11. reigned in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reign in (page history and authors); rein in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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