lift
verb (used with object)
to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
am lifting
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present progressiveof lift (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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So, in the meantime, I am proposing an appropriation of $35 million to maintain the state’s financial commitment to funding our classrooms and I am lifting the current suspension of teacher step salary increases.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
“I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions,” Mr. Pompeo said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2021
Reuben, now weighing over 3.6kg – “a little fat thing, I feel like I am lifting a toddler” – has technically been discharged already.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2017
On Friday, at Craigavon Magistrates Court District, Judge Rosemary Watters said: "I am lifting reporting restrictions in the case as the court has no power to implement them in these circumstances."
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2014
Fact is I lectured on 'American Humor' in Churubusco last night and am lifting the spirits of Brazil to-morrow.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
