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zone
noun
a state of such concentration that consequent action seems instinctual US
Often in the phrase “in the zone”.- Dialed, dialed in. In the zone. — Jim Humes and Sean Wagstaff, Boarderlands, p. 221, 1995
- “I’ve done most of my work hung over,” Chris Evans told the high court on Friday. “It was my normal working zone.” — The Guardian, p. 23, 26 March 2003
▶ below the zone
(used of a military promotion) unexpectedly early US
Vietnam war usage.- All of my guys from the 1/327–Peeping Tom Hancock, Ben Willis, Wayne Dill, Don Chapman, Glynn Mallory—had made it “below the zone” to major. — David H. Hackworth, About Face, p. 606, 1989
▶ on the zone
lost in a daydream US- — Paul Glover, Words from the House of the Dead, 1974
▶ the zone
a state of being qualified for, and meeting all other parameters for, a promotion in rank UK, 1962
Originally Royal Navy, then army use.- I remember as a Warrant Officer 2 in the late 1960s, being told by a visiting Brigadier, “You’re in the zone, y’know–you’re in the zone.” — Beale, 1984
▶ the Zone
an unsavoury area in downtown Boston, dominated by sex shops, bars and drug dealers US- By 1979, I thought that nothing in the Zone could surprise me. — Lauri Lewin, Naked is the Best Disguise, p. 15, 1984
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