take the reins
idiom
: to take control
The President-elect will officially take the reins in January.
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Barbour will take the reins of the nonprofit downtown advocacy group effective Feb. 20.
Since December 2021, Barbour was president and CEO of the Downtown Development District of the City of New Orleans.
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Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Because the space has no oversight, take the reins by posting a community note on the door or in the room that acknowledges the gym is a stuffy space and requests that everyone air the gym out during workouts and practices community-minded hygiene.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Her son, Howard Edward Butt, would later take the reins and grow that business into the statewide chain Texans know today.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2025
For a time, everyone thought Peter Edsall — a longtime Foo’s and Oak 63 employee — might take the reins.
—David Hudnall
july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
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Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Because the space has no oversight, take the reins by posting a community note on the door or in the room that acknowledges the gym is a stuffy space and requests that everyone air the gym out during workouts and practices community-minded hygiene.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Her son, Howard Edward Butt, would later take the reins and grow that business into the statewide chain Texans know today.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2025
For a time, everyone thought Peter Edsall — a longtime Foo’s and Oak 63 employee — might take the reins.
—David Hudnall
july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2025
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“Take the reins.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20the%20reins. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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