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past progressive

DEFINITIONS OF: past progressive

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n a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past

“`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive”
Synonyms:
past progressive tense
Type of:
continuous tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, progressive, progressive tense
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
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