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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rein in
       v 1: 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" [syn: rein]
       2: control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"
          [syn: harness, draw rein, rein]
       3: stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined
          in his horses in front of the post office" [syn: rein]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rein in
     vb.
     1 To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
     2 (lb en figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising
  control.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rein in
     vb.
     1 To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
     2 (lb en figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising
  control.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rein in
     vb.
     1 To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
     2 (lb en figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising
  control.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rein in
     vb.
     1 To stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins
     2 (lb en figurative) To stop or slow something, by exercising
  control.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  rein in /ɹˈeɪn ˈɪn/ 
  1. hillitä, pysäyttää
  stop or slow a horse
  2. hillitä, suitsia
  stop or slow something

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  rein in /ɹˈeɪn ˈɪn/ 
  tygla
  stop or slow something

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 放慢,止住,控制

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