rein back on

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rein back on someone or something

to control or diminish the intensity of someone or something. The manager was urged to rein back on her assigning overtime. She reined back on expenses and demanded that others do likewise.

See also: back, rein

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The truth is that Chinese industry, and employment, are going to suffer in the looming global recession as China's customers in the west rein back on spending in a way that will soon become painfully obvious. Will China's banks collapse? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Estate agents are feeling the brunt of a slump in the housing market as banks knocked by the credit crunch rein back on mortgage lending, hitting property transactions. Downturn hits home as estate agency considers cash shake-up by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: Sue Carroll WHILE the SAS trains huge German Shepherds to patrol in Afghanistan and scare the living daylights out of the Taliban, police here have been told to rein back on dogs in arrests and raids. Criminal tale of our PC dogs by The Mirror (London, England)			regain feet regain from regale with regard regard as regard with regardless of register register as register for register in register on register with regress to regular regular as clockwork regular fixture regular guy rehearse for reign reign over reimburse reimburse for reimburse to rein rein back on rein in rein up reinforce with reins reinstate reinstate as reinstate in reinvent the wheel reissue to reject out of hand rejoice rejoice at rejoice in rejoice over relapse into relate to related to relation relative to relax relax hold on relax into relay to release release from			Reimpregnate Reimpress reimpression Reimprint Reimprison Reimprison Reimprisonment Reims Reims Reims Reims A Toutes Jambes Reims Basket Féminin Reims Champagne Basket Reims Champagne Développement Reims Champagne Hockey Reims Jazz Festival Reims Management School Reims Patinage de Vitesse Reims Université Club d'Escalade Reims, France Reims, France REIMW rein rein rein rein rein rein rein Rein back rein back on Rein deer Rein deer Rein deer rein in rein in rein in rein orchid rein orchis Rein Raus Rein Raus Rein Raus rein up Rein van Bemmelen Rein, raus Rein, raus Rein, raus Rein-back Reina Valera Gomez Bible Reinach, Joseph Reinaert de Vos Reinaldo Quintero Reinard the Fox Reinartz crystal oscillator Reinas Reinaugurate Reinaugurate Reinberg, Samuil Reinberg, Samuil Aronovich reincarcerate reincarnate

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