joust
noun
a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
had been jousting
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past perfect progressiveof joust.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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Most likely, he surmised, Pato had been jousting with the family’s second silverback for control of the group.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2019
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