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dying in harness

dying in harness is the present participle and gerund 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 dying in harness

What is dying in harness the present participle and gerund of?
Dying in harness is the present participle and gerund of die in harness.

Words near dying in harness in the dictionary

  1. dying gasp
  2. dying gasps
  3. dying hard
  4. dying how one lived
  5. dying in a fire
  6. dying in harness
  7. dying in one's shoes
  8. dying in the arse
  9. dying in the ass
  10. dying in the wool
  11. dying just how one lived

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