waylay
verb (used with object)
to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay.
had been waylaying
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past perfect progressiveof waylay.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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And she lost no time in telling him, she was eager to tell him, that she had been waylaying him.
From Soul of a Bishop by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
