square
noun
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
had been squaring
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past perfect progressiveof square.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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Protesters dressed in turtle costumes had been squaring off with police in riot gear on the streets around our building most of the morning.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2015
Starlight was glad enough to see me back, and like everything he tackled, had been squaring it all for our getting away with head and hand.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
It was while he was thus engaged that Alexis had been squaring accounts with the bear.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
