See hold the reins on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1918 November 11, “Washington Believes Foch Will Still Accept Envoys' Signatures”, in Toronto World, page 1:",
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"ref": "1996 October 7, Michael Serrill, “Mexico's Black Mood”, in Time:",
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"ref": "2003 April 20, Cathy Lynn Grossman, “Baptist missionaries at odds with church”, in USA Today:",
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"sense": "to be in charge",
"word": "pidellä ohjaksista"
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"word": "hafa bæði tögl og hagldir"
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"sense": "to be in charge",
"word": "hafa bæði töglin og hagldirnar"
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"word": "hafa tögl og hagldir"
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"sense": "to be in charge",
"word": "hafa töglin og hagldirnar"
}
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"word": "hold the reins"
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