in the throes of

Definitions

1. 1

   Heavily occupied, or busily involved in an important activity.

   • We won't be able to meet next week as we will be in the throes of moving offices. Perhaps the week after will be better.
   • By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923.
   • The inconveniences that must be endured before the modernisation plan can come into action may be seen at Coventry, where since August the station has been in the throes of rebuilding.

The neighborhood