had been sideswiping

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of sideswipe.
  sideswipe

  verb (used with object)

  to scrape or hit with a sweeping stroke along the side.

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