Definition of "reel in" [reel in]

• To bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the reel. (verb)
• To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion) (verb)

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• "I sensed the room reel in shock that I had dared to interrupt Sunil Askari."
• "Her quick mind could reel in a tarpon where her red mouth couldn't."
• "Two pipers in the complex, light-blue-based Anderson tartan were standing on a rickety dais at one end of the hall, piping a cheerful reel in perfect synchrony, sandy hair on end, sweat running down ruddy faces."