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past continuous

American

noun

past progressive.

Etymology

Origin of past continuous

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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I understood what he meant when Zink told me she considers Yaakov Shabtai’s “Past Continuous” to be “one of the best books ever written in the history of the world.”

From The New Yorker

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