lob
verb (used with object)
to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
had been lobbing
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past perfect progressiveof lob.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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Through the week they had been lobbing charges at each other on the Quemoy-Matsu question stirred up in Debate No. 2.
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