in the zone
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6.3
- idiom
- Informal
- During the competition, she was completely in the zone, performing better than ever before.
- get in the zone
- stay in the zone
- completely in the zone
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Watch on YouTubeAnd when you're really in the zone, it's it's a thrill.
- And when you're really in the zone, it's it's a thrill.
- When you get in the zone, Oh yeah, that's it.
- I am fucking in the zone right now.
- But the the I really got in the zone.
- It's just the relationship I had was that in order to, to get in the zone, I need to suffer like mad.
- A sportsman call that being in the zone and and it's immensely important to get that blend.
- I was in a car and by the time the call finished, I was sat outside his house and they were like, he's not in the zone for it right now.
- So the experience of sport is just in the zone in the now total engagement.
- Like the the first trick is to get in the zone.
Examples
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There was a flow between the chatter and the songs, and I felt that this was a man in the zone.
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You were totally in the zone that day.
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So I really value my family time, but I was in the zone and I had to finish that.
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I guess I was just in the zone.
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Are you in the zone?
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I was in the zone last night.
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You were in the zone!
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I was in the zone.
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You just get in the zone, play football, and you trust everything.
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But today, I was in the zone.
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Synonyms
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3.0
Giving full attention to one thing
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4.4
The best point where something works well
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
The locative structure 'in' + 'zone' lets learners infer a metaphorical 'mental area of focus', so part of the meaning is derivable from the constituents. However, the specific evaluative sense of peak concentration or optimal performance is a conventionalized, metaphorical extension that is not fully predictable without exposure, so a B1 learner may not reliably infer the exact meaning.
Etymology
The phrase in the zone comes from sports and paints a simple picture: a player inside a special zone where actions feel easy and nothing distracts them. That's why it means 'fully focused and doing their best'.