take the reins

常見例句

to take the reins from Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned as prime minister Wednesday.
山由紀夫周三辭去日本首相職務后，副首相兼財務大臣菅直人(Naoto Kan)成了把握最大的接班人選。
He warned that Iraqi security forces may not be prepared to take the reins for at least another decade.
他警示保安部隊可能還沒有準備好在至少十年內(nèi)掌管安全問題。
The three executives take the reins of an operation that has notched several successes, particularly in China, but faces a raft of challenges from the slowing economy.
上述三位高管接管的瑞銀亞洲投資銀行部門取得了數(shù)項成績，在中國市場表現(xiàn)尤為出色，但同時也面臨著經(jīng)濟放緩所帶來的諸多挑戰(zhàn)。

Yet there is nobody vetted and ready to take the reins of trade policy.
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Take some initiative, take the reins, and be in charge of something that institutes a change.
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Today noted conductor James De Preist leaves for Japan to take the reins of that country's most celebrated orchestra.
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