in midair

in midair

Moving through the air. One of their players was able to intercept the ball in midair and the score a touchdown. Look at this great picture I've got of you in midair! And here's one from right when you hit the water.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in midair

in a point high in the air. The planes crashed in midair. Extra fuel was released from the plane in midair.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • air one out
  • aluminum shower
  • break (one's) duck
  • break your duck
  • ball hog
  • carry the ball
  • hit a home run
  • score off (someone or something)
  • home run
  • thrust out of (something or some place)
References in classic literature
There had been other times, too, when Tublat had swung helplessly in midair, the noose tightening about his neck, death staring him in the face, and little Tarzan dancing upon a near-by limb, taunting him and making unseemly grimaces.
The right hook of Rivera had dropped him in midair with the abruptness of death.
The Cheongung medium-range surface-to-air missile exploded in midair near an Air Force base in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Monday after being unintentionally fired off.
cross each other for a moment in midair, lie down shimmering, and gaze
Washington, July 17 ( ANI ): Researchers have claimed that they have developed a new method through which they can levitate objects with the help of sound waves, and move them in midair.
DIVERS recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body yesterday as investigators searched the Hudson River off Manhattan, New York City, for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair, killing nine people.
A: bubble sometimes bursts in midair because of gravity, the force that pulls all objects toward Earth.
Police seized the passports of Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino a few days after the September 29 crash of a Boeing passenger jet, which clipped wings in midair with a smaller jet piloted by the Americans for ExcelAire charter service of New York.
Once Shaun is in midair, the friction between his shoe soles and the upward-pushing skateboard helps keep the board snug to his feet.
One of the most famous bridges to nowhere is Pittsburgh's Fort Duquesne Bridge that terminated in midair over the Allegheny River for six years before finally coming to rest beside Three Rivers Stadium, then home to NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers and 750,000 area residents.
Meanwhile, the woman hangs in midair, upside down, and has two faces, on the front and back of her head.
Product X still has some side effects; these include making Esteban shrink, float in midair and dance uncontrollably to bad song lyrics.
Certain ants that live 30 or so meters up in tropical trees can save themselves in midair from ruinous falls by making moves previously known only in cheesy action films.
The ultimate reality event, The Wedding Journey: Vows in MidAir, gave new meaning to the concept of weddings as elaborate productions.
The search and rescue medical technician rappelled from the Sea King to the victim and assisted him while suspended in midair, because the ledge wasn't big enough for two people.