"reel in" meaning in English

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      "glosses": [
        "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)."
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          "reel",
          "reel"
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        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
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          "sense": "(fishing) bring out of the water",
          "word": "ramener"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(fishing) bring out of the water",
          "word": "tirer hors de l’eau"
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      "glosses": [
        "To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure."
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          "lure"
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure."
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          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bring in",
          "word": "attirer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bring in",
          "word": "attirer l’attention"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bring in",
          "word": "capter"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "bring in",
          "word": "capter l’attention"
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          "_dis1": "19 81",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bring in",
          "word": "ferrer"
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  "word": "reel in"
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        "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)."
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        "(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)."
      ],
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        "lifestyle"
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        "To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure."
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure."
      ],
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(fishing) bring out of the water",
      "word": "ramener"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(fishing) bring out of the water",
      "word": "tirer hors de l’eau"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bring in",
      "word": "attirer"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bring in",
      "word": "attirer l’attention"
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      "sense": "bring in",
      "word": "capter"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bring in",
      "word": "capter l’attention"
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      "sense": "bring in",
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  "word": "reel in"
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