reins
pronunciation
How to pronounce reins in British English:
UK [reinz]
How to pronounce reins in American English:
US [renz]
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- Noun:
- power to control
Word Origin
- reins (n.)
- see rein (n.). Figurative sense "means of controlling; control, check, restraint" is from early 14c.
Example
- 1. In fact , anyone can learn to take the reins from the subconscious and alter dream situations .
- 2. Myth no. 1 : if only beijing would loosen its grip on the reins , the horses would start galloping again .
- 3. Mark carney took the reins of the bank of canada in february 2008 just as the world system was sliding into crisis .
- 4. Fixing that means different things in different places : germany could loosen fiscal policy , while in britain the reins should merely be tightened more slowly .
- 5. Having boosted the economy in the 2008-09 crisis through a huge increase in loans , it is now struggling to pull in the reins .