Tight rein

The arrests are now moving quickly up the chain of command toward those who have long led the dark cabal on a tight rein.

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

Eg. George keeps a tight rein on his children, but they still seem to get into trouble regularly.

What the company has to do is to keep a very tight rein on its spending until the financial situation improves.

If you didn't have such a tight rein on "your people" maybe they'd be among the people we'd turn to.

Fiscal policy-taxation and public spending-is being kept on a tight rein by an iron chancellor.

His domineering wife keeps him on a tight rein.

Likewise, keeping a tight rein on her own mistakes, she always pleased him.

As for JPMorgan Chase, it has kept a tight rein on risk, managed capital well and acquired sensibly.

The economic recovery is just gaining steam, unemployment remains high, and consumers are keeping a tight rein on spending.

That means steel makers are likely to keep a tight rein on production for fear of sending prices even lower.

We will have to keep a tight rein on expenditure in the next few months.

Fortunately the three other spirits will not stand for this and keep a tight rein on winter.

He steadied the horse with a tight rein.

Your mom really keeps a tight rein on you!

Protests are rare in China, with the government keeping a tight rein on any public gatherings and banning most demonstrations.

For now, China will keep its tight rein on the value of the yuan even with the parallel market in Hong Kong.

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