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reining in

reining in is the present participle and gerund 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 reining in

What is reining in the present participle and gerund of?
Reining in is the present participle and gerund of rein in.

Words near reining in in the dictionary

  1. reinherit
  2. Reinholdian
  3. Reinig
  4. Reinigs
  5. reining
  6. reining in
  7. reining up
  8. Reininger
  9. Reiningers
  10. Reinings
  11. reinitial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reining 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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