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Definition rein in British English

rein noun

[countable] noun
/reɪn/
1

a long narrow piece of leather fastened to a horse's head that the rider uses to control the horse

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1.1

a set of bands fastened around a small child that an adult holds so that the child can walk alone but cannot run away

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It's his deputy who really holds the reins of power.

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Hiroshi Okuda took over the reins of Toyota in August 1995.

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the designers who hold the creative reins at Dior fashion house

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Definition rein in British English