Meaning & use
Reining
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Controlling or guiding a horse using reins, or, more broadly, restraining or holding something in check.
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The rider was reining her horse in gently as they approached the gate.
The manager spent the meeting reining in the team's overly ambitious budget proposal.
A note on using this word
"Reining in" is a common idiom meaning to restrain or limit something, drawn from the literal act of pulling on a horse's reins.
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releasingunleashing
Another way to use it
2. noun
A Western riding competition in which a horse performs a precise pattern of movements.
She won the reining competition with a flawless spin and stop.
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