"reel in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-reel in.ogg [Australia] Forms: reels in [present, singular, third-person], reeling in [participle, present], reeled in [participle, past], reeled in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} reel in (third-person singular simple present reels in, present participle reeling in, simple past and past participle reeled in)
  1. (fishing, transitive) To bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the line on which it is caught onto a reel (e.g. of a fishing rod). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Fishing Translations ((fishing) bring out of the water): ramener (French), tirer hors de l’eau (French)
    Sense id: en-reel_in-en-verb-TKVVjHxS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 71 29 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle Disambiguation of '(fishing) bring out of the water': 81 19
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (bring in): attirer (French), attirer l’attention (French), capter (French), capter l’attention (French), ferrer (French)
    Sense id: en-reel_in-en-verb-4YR-9nqN Disambiguation of 'bring in': 19 81

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for reel in meaning in English (2.9kB)

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