in the act of (doing something)
in the act of (doing something)
While (doing something); in the midst of (doing something). The police caught the robbers in the act of ransacking another house. I'm sorry it took so long to respond. I was in the act of calling you back yesterday when a bunch of new projects landed on my desk.
See also: act, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- keep up an act
- keep up the act
- act (up)on (something)
- act on
- acting
- keep an act up
- keep the act up
- get in the act
- get into the act
- get into/in the act, to