inmedias res

in me·di·as res (ĭn mē'dē-əs rāsʹ) adv.

In or into the middle of a sequence of events, as in a literary narrative.

  [Latin in mediās rēs: in, into + mediās, accusative pl. feminine of medius, in the middle of + rēs, accusative pl. of rēs, thing.]

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