has been bumming
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present perfect progressiveof bum (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Apparently he has been bumming off of his friends.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2019
A’s bench coach Joel Skinner has been bumming a ride to the ballpark with Indians first-base coach Sandy Alomar.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2011
Notes: A's bench coach Joel Skinner has been bumming a ride to the ballpark with Indians first-base coach Sandy Alomar.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2011
A's bench coach Joel Skinner has been bumming a ride to the ballpark with Indians first-base coach Sandy Alomar.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2011
One mustached featherwit, who has been bumming around renting himself to novelists as a readymade literary character, fumes because Somerset Maugham wouldn't see him.
From Time Magazine Archive
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