Rein in a sentence as a noun

When the people mobilize, they can still rein in the government.

They are ethically bankrupt and their rein will end like all other great tyrants in the past.

I would love to see the judiciary start to rein in the executive branch.

It happens in language all the time: people still say that someone is given "free rein" even if nobody involved has ever ridden a horse.

On appeal, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit reversed and reinstated the patent.

Rein in a sentence as a verb

Despite Google's claims of being post-managerial and peer-driven, the truth is that your manager has free rein to ***-rape you if he perceives you as being distracted by your 20% project.

It is not in the central government's interests to sustain the Chinese hacker folklore, nor would it be within their ability to rein in any provincial government involvement.

* Managers have free rein to **** over an employee in Perf if they believe him to be "distracted" or at risk of future distraction by 20% time, even if that employee's performance is otherwise strong.

Or if you are given free rein try saying I won't do all the new awesome features, I'll write more tests -- it will be approved probably but everyone in the end will praise the guy who chose to work on and deliver features -- even though they might be completely buggy and unusable.

Rein definitions

noun

one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse

noun

any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"

verb

control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"

See also: harness

verb

stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

verb

stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"

verb

keep in check; "rule one's temper"

See also: rule harness