subs. (colloquial).—In pl. = authority, work, guidance, restraint; hence IN THE TRACES = in HARNESS (q.v.), at steady work; TO KICK OVER THE TRACES = to set at defiance, run riot, take the law into one’s own hands.
subs. (colloquial).—In pl. = authority, work, guidance, restraint; hence IN THE TRACES = in HARNESS (q.v.), at steady work; TO KICK OVER THE TRACES = to set at defiance, run riot, take the law into one’s own hands.
