bait
noun
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
had been baiting
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past perfect progressiveof bait.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Once the pole was extended by Bumpus, just to show his mates how he had been baiting the awful looking thing.
From The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Herbert Carter
But, prior to these utterances of October, the brethren had been baiting Mary.
From John Knox and the Reformation by Andrew Lang
