in the middle of
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, middle, of.
prep
Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.
Example Sentences
- "I found him in the middle of a custody battle with his first wife."
- "He is still in the middle of a complex installation."
- "Pretty soon I could see World War II coming; I new it was just a matter of time before the United States was in the middle of it."