midmatch

adj, adv — 2 senses

midmatch

adj

Etymology From mid- + match.

1

During a match.

  • Injuries and other midmatch dramas are hardly unusual for Jankovic, who calls on trainers with regularity.2008 June 29, Christopher Clarey, “Williams Sisters Find the Grass Is Greener”, in New York Times:

midmatch

adv

Etymology From mid- + match.

1

During a match.

  • We left the stadium midmatch because the crowd was getting violent.
  • Oft-injured even in his youth, he is breaking down in new places in his tennis dotage: a fractured rib and abdominal injury in 2022 and the hip injury in 2023, sustained midmatch in his straight-set defeats to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round in Australia.2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times:

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