in harness

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in harness

  1. Of horses: side by side, fastened together; figuratively, together.
  2. 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.

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