Meaning of pull the reins in on someone | Babel Free

Definitions

To restrict, curtail, curb.

Examples

“1966, Mike Nesmith, Different Drum, 1967, Linda Ronstadt (vocalist), The Stone Poneys, Different Drum (single), Yes and I ain't sayin' you ain't pretty, / All I'm sayin's I'm not ready / For any person, place or thing / To try and pull the reins in on me.”

“Now, given Milligan's deliberately annoying escapades, Caul was perfectly willing and able to pull the reins in on Billy (and Milligan freely agrees with this), but he was never given the chance.”

“Later on you will still have to pull the reins in on yourself, from time to time.”

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