The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LED which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Took the reins crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LED | 100 % | 3 |
Why may LED be the right solution?
"Taking the reins" is an idiom that means to take control or take charge of a situation. "Led" is the past tense of "lead," which means to guide or direct a group of people or an organization, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Took the reins
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- took control
- took over
- took the bull by the horns
- took
- took command
- took matters into one's own hands
- took hold
- took the law into one's own hands
- took the initiative
- took up the mantle
- took law into one's own hands
- took the ride
Crossword Answer definitions
LED verb- (heading) To guide or conduct.
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (heading) To begin, to be ahead.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place.
- To produce (with to).
- (transitive) To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- Under somebody's control or leadership.
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