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had been mortgaging

  • past perfect progressive
    of mortgage.
    mortgage
    noun
    a conveyance of an interest in real property as security for the repayment of money borrowed to buy the property; a lien or claim on property such that the lender can take possession if the loan is not repaid.

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Fitzgerald writes, “I began to realize that for two years my life had been drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually.”

From New York Times ● May 31, 2017