undo
verb (used with object)
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done.
had been undoing
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past perfect progressiveof undo.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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Then the diplomatist untied his cravat as if he had been undoing the parchment of a great treaty.
From Trumps by George William Curtis
While he spoke he had been undoing the cinches of his own horse.
From Ronicky Doone by Max Brand
