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Meaning of in harness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Of horses, side by side, fastened together.
Together.
broadly, figuratively
In the midst of the working routine; at work.
idiomatic, slang

Examples

“The mothers likened his behaviour to the last days of Control, who had died in harness, thanks to Haydon, of a broken heart.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

in haste in heat in heaven's name in hell in hiding in high dudgeon