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in harness

in harness prepositional phrase: of horses, side by side, fastened together.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of horses, side by side, fastened together.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Together.
  3. (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
    Synonyms:
    in collar
    Antonyms:
    out of harness

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Questions about in harness

What does in harness mean?
In harness means of horses, side by side, fastened together.
What part of speech is in harness?
In harness is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in harness in the dictionary

  1. in green
  2. in gross
  3. in haec verba
  4. in half
  5. in hand
  6. in harness
  7. in haste
  8. in health
  9. in heat
  10. in heaven's name
  11. in hell

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