repaint
verb (used with object)
to paint again.
had been repainting
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past perfect progressiveof repaint.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 repainting the white lines of a grocery store's parking lot on Sunday, the only day the lot was free of cars.
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