refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
had been refitting
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past perfect progressiveof refit.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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Von Spee, who had been refitting at Juan Fernandez, left it on 15 November, possibly fearing the Japanese approach, and made for Cape Horn and the Atlantic.
From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
