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in the midst

adverb
the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" [syn: midmost
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in the midst

  1. Also, in one's midst. Surrounded by, among, as in I saw a familiar face in the midst of the crowd, or To think there was a Nobel Prize winner in our midst! [c. 1500s]

  2. See in the middle of, def. 1.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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