Collocations for rein - noun

hold
Can you hold the reins for a minute?

gather, gather up, pick up
Sean gathered up the horse's reins.

grab, grab at, grip
pull on, tug, tug at, tug on
She pulled sharply on the reins.

give sb, hand sb, let go of
loosen, tighten

on a rein
She had the horse on a long rein.

give free rein to sth, give full rein to sth (= give sb freedom of action)
The designer was given free rein.
When I paint I just give my imagination free rein.

hold
It's the accountants who effectively hold the reins.

grasp, seize, take up
The vice-president was forced to take up the reins of office.

hand over
loosen, tighten
Parents need to loosen the reins as the child grows.

the reins of government, the reins of office, the reins of power
He seized the reins of power.