take the rein(s)

To take or assume control (of something). After the CEO announced that she had been diagnosed with dementia, her daughter gradually began taking the reins of the company. I don't know why people are so utterly terrified of letting the federal government take the rein when it comes to things like healthcare.

词组	take the rein(s)
释义	take the rein(s) take the rein(s) To take or assume control (of something). After the CEO announced that she had been diagnosed with dementia, her daughter gradually began taking the reins of the company. I don't know why people are so utterly terrified of letting the federal government take the rein when it comes to things like healthcare. See also: take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: come to heel thick on the ground thick/thin on the ground cook the books cook the accounts a/the fish rots from the head down a/the fish stinks from the head down be had up (for something) drop into (one's) lap drop/fall into somebody's lap
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