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Does ‘mid-yarn’ mean ‘yarning’? Can I use ‘mid-V’ with different verbs?

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Rebecca

"Mid-yawn" does mean that the person is already yawning because mid is short for middle. You definitely can use "mid" with different verbs. Ex: I encountered him mid-run.

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