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reins in

reins in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 reins in

What is reins in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reins in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rein in.

Words near reins in in the dictionary

  1. reinquire
  2. reinquired
  3. reinquires
  4. reinquiring
  5. reins
  6. reins in
  7. reins up
  8. reinscribe
  9. reinscribed
  10. reinscribes
  11. reinscribing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reins 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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