"hold the reins" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, based on the usual method of controlling a horse or a team of horses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds the reins",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding the reins",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held the reins",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held the reins",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> the reins"
      },
      "expansion": "hold the reins (third-person singular simple present holds the reins, present participle holding the reins, simple past and past participle held the reins)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918 November 11, “Washington Believes Foch Will Still Accept Envoys' Signatures”, in Toronto World, page 1",
          "text": "These terms . . . will place the future behavior of Germany at the dictation of the associated powers regardless of what form of provisional government may hold the reins at Berlin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 October 7, Michael Serrill, “Mexico's Black Mood”, in Time",
          "text": "The convention also delivered a slap to the technocrats who have held the reins of government for more than a decade.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 April 20, Cathy Lynn Grossman, “Baptist missionaries at odds with church”, in USA Today",
          "text": "While conservatives hold the reins at the SBC, moderates have retained control of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in charge, to be in control, as of a business, political organization, or other group."
      ],
      "id": "en-hold_the_reins-en-verb-4klckZCO",
      "links": [
        [
          "in charge",
          "in charge"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be in charge, to be in control, as of a business, political organization, or other group."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bit between one's teeth"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the reins"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be in charge",
          "word": "pidellä ohjaksista"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be in charge",
          "word": "tenir les rênes"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to be in charge",
          "word": "hafa bæði tögl og hagldir"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to be in charge",
          "word": "hafa bæði töglin og hagldirnar"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to be in charge",
          "word": "hafa tögl og hagldir"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to be in charge",
          "word": "hafa töglin og hagldirnar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/En-au-hold_the_reins.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold the reins"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A metaphor, based on the usual method of controlling a horse or a team of horses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holds the reins",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "holding the reins",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held the reins",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held the reins",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hold<,,held> the reins"
      },
      "expansion": "hold the reins (third-person singular simple present holds the reins, present participle holding the reins, simple past and past participle held the reins)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bit between one's teeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "take the reins"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918 November 11, “Washington Believes Foch Will Still Accept Envoys' Signatures”, in Toronto World, page 1",
          "text": "These terms . . . will place the future behavior of Germany at the dictation of the associated powers regardless of what form of provisional government may hold the reins at Berlin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 October 7, Michael Serrill, “Mexico's Black Mood”, in Time",
          "text": "The convention also delivered a slap to the technocrats who have held the reins of government for more than a decade.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 April 20, Cathy Lynn Grossman, “Baptist missionaries at odds with church”, in USA Today",
          "text": "While conservatives hold the reins at the SBC, moderates have retained control of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in charge, to be in control, as of a business, political organization, or other group."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in charge",
          "in charge"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "political",
          "political"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be in charge, to be in control, as of a business, political organization, or other group."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-hold the reins.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f5/En-au-hold_the_reins.ogg/En-au-hold_the_reins.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/En-au-hold_the_reins.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be in charge",
      "word": "pidellä ohjaksista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be in charge",
      "word": "tenir les rênes"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be in charge",
      "word": "hafa bæði tögl og hagldir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be in charge",
      "word": "hafa bæði töglin og hagldirnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be in charge",
      "word": "hafa tögl og hagldir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to be in charge",
      "word": "hafa töglin og hagldirnar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hold the reins"
}