in transit

American  

[in tran-zit, -sit] / ˌɪn ˈtræn zɪt, -sɪt /

idiom

1. on the way to a destination; in the process of traveling or being shipped from one place to another.

   She’s still in transit, as her flight was delayed.

   If your package has been damaged in transit, please contact us immediately.

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Etymology

Origin of in transit

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

In transit, bedsheets, scraps of paper, even Bibles are lit on fire and used to burn out roaches crawling through cracks and hiding in the crevices.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

A bit later Arm says, “When change happens, we want it to happen all at once ... . In transit, there’s catastrophe.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2021

In transit, as in other areas of American life, there will be no immediate end to the lingering effects of the pandemic.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2021

In transit, I reread “Submergence,” Ledgard’s second novel, which was published in 2011.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

In transit by pack-train these two cases would form but one mule load.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore