hold the reins

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hold the reins

To have or be in control, especially of a group, project, or situation. Though my grandfather was the breadwinner, it was my grandmother who truly held the reins in their house. The boss decided she'd hold the reins on this project after the assistant manager bungled the last one so badly.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fidelma	fi-DEL-ma	Irish
Nithya	-	Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
Rakesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Lutgard	LOOT-gahrt	German (Archaic)
Amit (1)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Shimon	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew