reined in
Kept under control
Reined in means restrained or brought under control, from the image of pulling back on a horse's reins.
A government might rein in spending; a manager reins in an overeager employee.
She reined in her temper before responding.
The past tense of rein in, often confused with reign.
- curbedLimited or checked
- restrictedLimited in scope
- bitSmall amount or portion
- brought to heelForced into obedience
- controlledKept within limits
check · regulated · tempered · suppressed · dialed back · hold · pull · bridle · moderated · disciplined · curtailed · inhibit · pulled back · harnessed · subdued · slowed · put the brakes on · tug
- controlledcontrolled, managed, regulated, restrained, contained
- restrainedrestrained, reserved, subdued, controlled, muted
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, stuck in mud, snowed in
- unexpressedunspoken, unstated, unuttered, suppressed, implicit
- pulling backrecoiled, flinched, retreated, withdrew, retracted