also mid-stream
1.
Someone or something that is in ~ is in the middle of a river, where the current is strongest.
Their boat had capsized in ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft in N
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Midstream is also an adverb.
Some of them got caught ~ by the tide.
ADV: usu ADV after v, also n ADV
2.
If someone who has been doing something such as talking stops or pauses in ~, they stop doing it, often before continuing.
I was cut off in ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft in N
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Midstream is also an adverb.
The most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course ~.
ADV: ADV after v