in harness

English

Prepositional phrase

Of horses: side by side, fastened together; figuratively, together.
In the midst of the working routine; at work.
Synonym: in collar

Antonym: out of harness
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 45:
  The mothers likened his behaviour to the last days of Control, who had died in harness, thanks to Haydon, of a broken heart.

Derived terms

die in harness

See also

in office

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