in midstream

in midstream

In the middle of an active or ongoing activity. Likened to happening while one is in the middle of crossing a stream. The lecturer paused in midstream during class, appearing to be lost in thought, before suddenly grabbing his bag and leaving in a rush. Wartime presidents are often reelected, as the population rarely wants to undergo drastic change in midstream. We were moving along nicely, but then a traffic jam stopped us in midstream.

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in midstream

1 in the middle of a stream or river. 2 (of an activity or process, especially one that is interrupted) part-way through its course; unfinished.

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in midˈstream

in the middle of doing something or while something is still happening: The speaker stopped in midstream, coughed, then started up again. ♢ She interrupted him in midstream.

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