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Meaning of piggy in the middle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual.
    uncountable
  2. The player in that game from whom the object is kept away.
    countable
  3. Keeping something between one's own group, away from others.
    broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. A person caught in an awkward situation between two other people.
    countable

Examples

“Millions of us who work in companies of all sizes are piggies in the middle. We are trussed up, torn between the old and the new, and just trying to make things work.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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