rein in

English

Pronunciation

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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. (figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising control.

   The government has no other option than to rein in public spending.

   • 2023 January 23, Isabella Simonetti, quoting Daniel Ek, “Spotify to Lay Off 6% of Its Work Force”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “As you are well aware, over the last few months we’ve made a considerable effort to rein in costs, but it simply hasn’t been enough,” Daniel Ek, Spotify’s chief executive, said in a note to employees on Monday.

Translations

stop or slow a horse

• Finnish: pysäyttää (fi), hillitä (fi)
• German: zügeln (de)
• Hungarian: megzaboláz (hu)
• Portuguese: frear (pt)
• Spanish: sofrenar (es)

stop or slow something

• Dutch: beteugelen (nl)
• Finnish: suitsia (fi), hillitä (fi)
• German: zügeln (de)
• Hungarian: megzaboláz (hu)
• Portuguese: frear (pt)
• Russian: обу́здывать (ru) n or impf (obúzdyvatʹ), сде́рживать (ru) n or impf (sdérživatʹ)
• Swedish: tygla (sv)