had been counterclaiming

• 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 counterclaim.
  counterclaim

  noun

  a claim made to offset another claim, especially one made by the defendant in a legal action.

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