Usually means: Draw towards oneself using line.
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  1. reel in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reel in: Merriam-Webster
  3. reel in: Wiktionary
  4. reel in: Dictionary.com
  5. reel in: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. reel in: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (reel in)

verb:  (fishing, transitive) To bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the line on which it is caught onto a reel (e.g. of a fishing rod).
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure.

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