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dies in harness

dies in harness is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is dies in harness the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dies in harness is the third-person singular simple present indicative of die in harness.

Words near dies in harness in the dictionary

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

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