rein back on

rein back on someone or something

to control or diminish the intensity of someone or something. The manager was urged to rein back on her assigning overtime. She reined back on expenses and demanded that others do likewise.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nirav	-	Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
Samuel	SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani
Hinrik	-	Icelandic
Irinei	-	Russian
Jasmine	JAZ-min (English), zhas-MEEN (French)	English, French
Krisztina	KREES-tee-naw	Hungarian