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piggy in the middle

noun phrase

Definition of piggy in the middle

British, informal
: someone who is brought into an argument between two people or groups
  • They're arguing again, and I'm piggy in the middle.

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piggy play

  1. : piggish

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middle play

  1. : equally distant from the extremes : medial, central

  2. : being at neither extreme : intermediate

  3. : constituting a division intermediate between those prior and later or upper and lower

  1. : a middle part, point, or position

  2. : the central portion of the human body : waist

  3. : the position of being among or in the midst of something

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