borrow
verb (used with object)
to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent.
have been borrowing
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present perfect progressiveof borrow.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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But desperate providers that have been borrowing money to cover expenses and employee payrolls expressed skepticism at that estimate, worrying that it could be months before the logjam of claims and payments cleared up.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
I have not had access to my account since June last year and instead I have been borrowing money from friends and relatives here to buy food for the family.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2022
Koreans have been borrowing more than ever before, and South Korean policymakers are increasingly worried the debt pile could become unsustainable as rates rise, hurting people’s purchasing power and long-term growth.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2021
His parents ask for money regularly and have been borrowing our second car for the past eight months.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2021
"I thought you must have raised some somewhere, or you would have been borrowing of me."
From Sam's Chance And How He Improved It by Horatio Alger
