hand over the reins

to allow someone else to control something you controlled previously, especially an organization or a country Company chiefs are often reluctant to hand over the reins of power to younger people. (often + to ) I built up the business, but I handed over the reins to my daughter last year.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shifra	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Pavo	-	Croatian
Juliana	[dʒu:li'a:nə]
Tobith	-	Biblical Greek
Robert	RAH-bərt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RO-bərt (Dutch), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian), RO-beert (Russian)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene,
Maqsood	-	Arabic, Urdu