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in train

in train prepositional phrase: in progress, underway.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In progress, underway.
    • Choiseul's dismissal threw Paris into a spin, not least because a major political crisis was already in train.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 278
    • At least the cost reviews were bearing some fruit. BREL and Mechanical Engineering Department charges had been cut by £47m, the only pity being the savings had been put in train so late in the day.2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 69

Questions about in train

What does in train mean?
In train means in progress, underway.
What part of speech is in train?
In train is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in train in the dictionary

  1. in toto
  2. in touch
  3. in tow
  4. in town
  5. in trade
  6. in train
  7. in transit
  8. in transitu
  9. in trian aspect
  10. in triplicate
  11. in trouble

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