dismiss
verb (used with object)
to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go.
had been dismissing
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past perfect progressiveof dismiss.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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It made her feel sick to think she might have been dismissing James, a new friend she wanted to impress, the same way she’d felt her brother had been dismissing her.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
For years his business had been falling off, and he had been dismissing hands.
From With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne by Herbert Strang
