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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
in harness en · ADP
Meanings
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Of horses, side by side, fastened together.
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(broadly, figuratively) Together.
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(idiomatic, slang) In the midst of the working routine; at work.
The mothers likened his behaviour to the last days of Control, who had died in harness, thanks to Haydon, of a broken heart.
1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 45:
Antonyms
out of harness
Deriveds
die in harness
Relateds
in office
Synonyms
in collar