Examples of 'tight rein' in a sentence

Meaning of "tight rein"

tight rein - To exert strict control or regulation over a situation or group of people

How to use "tight rein" in a sentence

Basic
Advanced
tight rein
Tight rein does them no favours round here.
Coach kept a tight rein on his girls.
I bet you keep him on a tight rein.
I keep a tight rein over my undercover officers.
We would have to keep him on a tight rein.
She keeps a tight rein on the finances.
I figured the boy needed a tight rein.
So keep a tight rein on your chaps.
I have got him on a tight rein.
Keep a tight rein on his habits.
Executives vowed to keep a tight rein on costs.
She kept a tight rein on the purse strings.
Just try to keep tight rein.
Keep a tight rein on the journalists.
I kept her under a tight rein.

See also

So keep a tight rein on your records and data.
Administrative expenditure was kept on a very tight rein.
I thought you kept a tight rein on your people.
You probably better keep the boys on a tight rein.
I will put a tight rein on them.
Keep a tight rein from the start and later you can not handle these men.
I have kept a tight rein on him.
She will keep this Father Murphy on a tight rein.
Learn to keep a tight rein on those subtle actions.
I will keep her on a tight rein.
Keeping a tight rein on costs.
He kept us all on a tight rein.
Yalai pulls a tight rein over the lives of his children.
Try to keep a tight rein.
Slayton 's tight rein over his sometimes fractious charges is legendary.
We thus demonstrated our desire to keep a tight rein on our passions.
Go keep a tight rein on all trains and roads out of the city!
What can be especially difficult is keeping a tight rein on the financial side of things.
VDH Products keeps the development and production very much on a tight rein.
This compels me to keep a tight rein on my thinking and behavior.
After my dad went down, my mom kept a pretty tight rein on me.
The central bank has placed a tight rein on monetary and credit aggregates.
No. Ma said Soong had you on a tight rein.
Usually the body keeps a tight rein on high vitamin C levels in the blood.
While you were away Captain Fromentin kept a tight rein on your group.
Peter also kept a tight rein on Graf 's personal life.
Throughout the bloc, the various ministries of culture held a tight rein on their writers.
I am not going to keep a tight rein on you, no one will shadow you.
Sir, she kept us on a very tight rein.
The secret is not to keep a tight rein but to know what you're doing.
You know, you have to keep a tight rein.
You have to keep a tight rein on her, miss Bingum.
Whatever he is, he needs a tight rein.
You must keep a tight rein on him, Lord Nobukado.
At the Aromas Coffeehouse, Martin is keeping a tight rein on expenses.

You'll also be interested in:

Examples of using Rein
I have free rein in developing new contracts
But your kind should be held in rein
Rein the guy in or pay the consequences
Show more
Examples of using Tight
Angles to tight to figure out exact location
The measuring instrument is not water tight
A tight timeframe was proposed for the process
Show more

Search by letter in the English dictionary