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rein in

verb as in control

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If so, their ruling could rein in the reach of environmental impact statements, an outcome that would be welcomed by developers and condemned by environmentalists.

Speaking to reporters in Nantucket, Mass. on Thanksgiving, Biden said the move would work against any attempts to rein in inflation.

From Salon

Lawmakers in Congress share some of his ideas for NIH, such as term limits to rein in the power of the directors of NIH’s 27 institutes and centers and more funding to replicate research.

This time, Greer would be involved in "reining in the country’s massive trade deficit, defending American manufacturing, agriculture, and services, and opening up export markets everywhere," Trump said in a statement.

From BBC

Under Trump, they know the government will stop trying to rein in their abuses and let them freely trample the American people in pursuit of ever-higher profits.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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