in harness
Back at work
In harness describes someone actively working at their job or duties, especially after a period away or in contrast to retirement.
The image comes from draft animals fitted with harness to pull loads.
She was eager to get back in harness after her sabbatical.
To die in harness is to die while still working, never having retired.
- back to workResuming one's occupation
- on the jobActively performing duties
- effortApplied energy toward goals
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- apparatusEquipment for a task
hard at work · cooperation · obligation · productivity · partnership · duty · tethering · commitment · alliance · paired · side by side · shoulder to shoulder · pulling together · yoked · coordination · working together · joint effort · solidarity
in harnessretired
No longer in workforce
idle · inactive · put out to grass · no longer working · sitting idle
in harnessfree
Without payment or restriction
unshackled · unfettered · unyoked · unharnessed · liberated