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> 青年が皆の手で地面に取り押さえられ、縄でぐるぐる巻きにされている **ところ** だった。

Does ところ here take on the meaning of "in the midst of doing"?

So this sentence would mean: "The boy was held down by everyone, and was being
rolled up by a rope."?

Thanks!
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What does ところ do here?
[A bunch of questions about
ところ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/27541/a-bunch-of-questions-
about-%e3%81%a8%e3%81%93%e3%82%8d) seems a very good overview.

> 青年が皆の手で地面に取り押さえられ、縄でぐるぐる巻きにされているところだった。

  * _Does ところ here mean "in the midst of doing"?_ ------> Yes.

"The young man was held down to the ground by everyone, and was being rolled
up by a rope." ...

-- as I (or another witness) arrived at the scene.

-- just as I (or another witness) started watching the movie.

-- when I (or another reader) opened up a random page in the book and started
reading.

Etc.
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