hamstring
noun
(in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
had been hamstringing
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past perfect progressiveof hamstring.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 hamstringing them by the wholesale.
From Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur by Edward C. Taylor
