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in the throes of en · ADP

Meanings

  1. Heavily occupied, or busily involved in an important activity.
    • The inconveniences that must be endured before the modernisation plan can come into action may be seen at Coventry, where since August the station has been in the throes of rebuilding. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101:
    • We won't be able to meet next week as we will be in the throes of moving offices. Perhaps the week after will be better.
    • By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923. 1957 July 14, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:

Translations (8)

de voll beschäftigt mit (busily involved in an important activity) · es en pleno (busily involved in an important activity) · es sumido en (busily involved in an important activity) · de mitten in (busily involved in an important activity) · ru погруженный (busily involved in an important activity) · de inmitten (busily involved in an important activity) · es inmerso en (busily involved in an important activity) · ru в разгаре (busily involved in an important activity)