Definition
A central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.
In Context
- "Christ calls for large ideas, bold enterprise, heavy undertakings, brave adventure, and heroic plunging into the thick of things."
- "Second base is a pleasurable post for the reason that the man covering it is in the thick of things at all times."
- "During the coup he also kept his distance from the thick of things."