gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
had been gadding
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past perfect progressiveof gad.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 had been gadding about so much lately that something might well require his presence in the Kremlin to help resolve.
From Time Magazine Archive
We heard that the maid had been gadding abroad several times: I desired sir T. Aleyn to examine the maid how often she had supped at Turner's, she denied any time.
From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Sir Harry Lushington Stephen
