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in midstream

in midstream prepositional phrase: in the middle of a running body of water.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In the middle of a running body of water.
    • The raft got stuck in midstream.
  2. (figuratively) During the execution of (something); in the middle of (an activity).
    • You can't abandon your hopes in midstream.
    • All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.1998 February 12, Enoch Powell, quotee, “Obituary: Enoch Powell”, in The Economist, →ISSN

Words formed from in midstream

Questions about in midstream

What does in midstream mean?
In midstream means in the middle of a running body of water.
What part of speech is in midstream?
In midstream is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in midstream in the dictionary

  1. in medias res
  2. in memoriam
  3. in memoriams
  4. in memorium
  5. in memory of
  6. in midstream
  7. in mind
  8. in Minecraft
  9. in miniature
  10. in mitius
  11. in moderation

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