had been chocking

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of chock.
  chock

  noun

  a wedge or block of wood, metal, or the like, for filling in a space, holding an object steady, etc.

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