flay
verb (used with object)
to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
had been flaying
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past perfect progressiveof flay.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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Up to last week the Hugenberg Press had been flaying the Nazis, calling Herr Hitler names.
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