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died in harness

died in harness is the simple past and past participle of die in harness.

Meaning of die in harness

Verb

die in harness (third-person singular simple present dies in harness, present participle dying in harness, simple past and past participle died in harness)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Of a person, to pass away before retirement.
    • As he himself [Sir Nigel Gresley] would doubtless have wished, he died in harness; only a few weeks previously he had been present at the first public view of his latest design, the Bantam Cock, which, like most of his products, bore all over it the impress of his personality.1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practive and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 260
    Synonyms:
    die in office

Questions about died in harness

What is died in harness the simple past and past participle of?
Died in harness is the simple past and past participle of die in harness.

Words near died in harness in the dictionary

  1. died back
  2. died down
  3. died hard
  4. died how one lived
  5. died in a fire
  6. died in harness
  7. died in one's shoes
  8. died in the arse
  9. died in the ass
  10. died just how one lived
  11. died just like one lived

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