Rein in
rein in (verb) - control
rein in expenditure
rein in spending
rein in public spending
rein in the budget
rein in skyrocketing budget deficits
rein in government spending
rein in the domestic economic expansion
rein in credit
rein in outspoken journalists
rein in the aggression of warriors
rein in silly chatter
rein in demands
rein in the military
rein in dissent
rein in comments
rein in plans
rein in demands
rein in his temper
rein in feelings
rein in teenagers
rein in tendencies
rein in anti-union tendencies
rein in monopoly power
managed to reign in
rein in militias
rein in terrorists
rein in subversives
rein in the gunmen
rein in the rioting
rein in authority
rein in resurgent authority
rein in followers
rein in their supporters
rein in his own people
rein in the powers of
rein in the unruly elements
Example sentences:
* Opponents claimed the prime minister's promise to rein in credit was a trick.
* The man was unable to rein in his temper.
* Billy managed to rein in his silly chatter.
* During the meeting the CEO managed to rein in his anti-union tendencies.
* The government tried to rein in independent-minded separatists.
* An economic disaster forced Mao to rein in his "Great Leap Forward."
* The company took ever possible action to rein in worker demands and avert a strike.
* No attempt was made to rein in the budget for the extravagant film.
* "After the elections next spring, Cambodia's new government should take immediate steps to rein in development in the Angkor zone, and thereby preserve one of the landmarks of Eastern Medieval history."
* We've tried to put forward practical suggestions and rein in the over-ambitious plans of our business partner.
* The government did little to rein in Microsoft's monopoly power.
* Even if a law is passed to rein in Thailand's underground economy, it is likely to be weakly enforced.
* The Fed will want to rein in the domestic economic expansion.
* The president introduced a package of bills designed to rein in all the junk lawsuits that clog our courts.
* Japanese Business Could Rein in Investment (newspaper headline)
* We will do our utmost to rein in the terrorist subversives.
* "Thaksin announced his intention to rein in the powers of the National Counter Corruption Commission."
