depart
verb (used without object)
to go away; leave.
had been departing
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past perfect progressiveof depart.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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After a lot of talking it was arranged that we should go up by the 11 o'clock train, and accordingly we started with as much fuss as if we had been departing for a month.
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Elinor Glyn
We managed the work of departure from Semlin with nearly as much solemnity as if we had been departing this life.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
