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reined in

reined in is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about reined in

What is reined in the simple past and past participle of?
Reined in is the simple past and past participle of rein in.

Words near reined in in the dictionary

  1. reineckeiid
  2. reineckeiids
  3. Reineckes
  4. Reinecks
  5. reined
  6. reined in
  7. reined up
  8. Reiner
  9. reinerite
  10. Reiners
  11. Reinert

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reined 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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