Synonyms for rein in
rein in

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1. rein, rein inverb

   stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins

   "They reined in in front of the post office"

   Synonyms:
   draw rein, harness, rule, rein

2. harness, rein in, draw rein, reinverb

   control and direct with or as if by reins

   "rein a horse"

   Synonyms:
   tackle, draw rein, harness, rule, rein

3. rein, rein inverb

   stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins

   "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"

   Synonyms:
   draw rein, harness, rule, rein

Matched Categories

1. • Control
   • Driving
   • Stop

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1. Justin Jones of Nashville:

   It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six precious lives in my community here in Nashville, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, their first action is not to take actions to rein in this proliferation of weapons of war in our streets, but it’s to expel their colleagues for standing with our constituents.

2. Trent Lott:

   I must say, there are going to be battles for the next two years trying to rein in Obama’s excesses with executive power and regulations.

3. Ted Cruz:

   Congress is obliged to use every constitutional check and balance we have to rein in President Obama's lawlessness, and that includes both our confirmation authority over nominees and the power of the purse.

4. John Nolte:

   The failure of these policies in Baltimore State has nothing to do with the color of the skin of those implementing them, democrats had free rein in Baltimore State for going on 50 years. Nothing has stopped them from implementing their policies. The result is a total and complete failure.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   It's not the big banks that need relief from Washington -- it's small banks and small businesses, we should be doing more to rein in risky behavior on Wall Street and 'Too Big to Fail.'.