dose
noun
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
had been dosing
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past perfect progressiveof dose.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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He was told that she had been dosing herself, and he was shown a packet which had been in her possession.
From She Stands Accused by Victor MacClure
We've shut off the champagne with which that hussy had been dosing her—not that she didn't demand it—and now it's Katzenjammer as much as anything else.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King
