unburden
verb (used with object)
to free from a burden.
had been unburdening
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past perfect progressiveof unburden.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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Inside the club a sad, rabbit-faced young gentleman, who had been unburdening his soul to Bailey, was seeking further consolation in an amber drink with a cherry at the bottom of it.
From The Coming of Bill by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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