lever
noun
a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
had levered
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past perfectof lever.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The previous evening, his long limbs had levered him through the night sky and landed world gold.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2022
Then, once he had levered the up, he hurled them out to sea as hard as he could.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 16, 2013
They quoted in their turn the information they had levered out of the Company men—that Traders had their code and that once pay had been given in advance the contract must be fulfilled.
From Plague Ship by Andre Norton
She had levered this up, and probed with a stick till she touched solid earth.
From Jonah by Louis Stone
