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to reel in
[phrase form: reel]
01
to pull or draw something in by winding it around a reel or similar device
Transitive: to reel in sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Movement verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
in
Base verb
reel
Present tense
reel in
3rd person singular
reels in
Present participle
reeling in
Past simple
reeled in
Past participle
reeled in
Examples
The fisherman reeled in a massive trout after a long struggle.
