in the main

Idioms  

1. For the most part, chiefly, as in It was an excellent conference in the main. [First half of 1600s]

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Example Sentences

The fire began in the main laundry space and spread to other parts of the ship, including sailors’ sleeping quarters.

From The Wall Street Journal

At lunchtime on a recent weekday, businesspeople in suits sat at white-tablecloth tables in the main dining room, where the walls are wrapped in cherry-wood wainscoting and heavy blue curtains frame the windows.

From The Wall Street Journal

Coaches and analysts pop in occasionally but, in the main, he is left to it.

From BBC

It was the end of the long day of standing, waiting, hoping: we had simply arrived in the main camp at Vught.

From Literature

Located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Psyche ranks as the 10th-most massive asteroid and the largest known object made primarily of metal, measuring about 140 miles across.

From Science Daily

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