concoct
verb (used with object)
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cooking.
have been concocting
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present perfect progressiveof concoct.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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Up at Harvard, economists from East and West have been concocting a so- called Grand Bargain between the Western nations, led by the U.S., and the Soviet Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here is a little pot of grease which I have been concocting and intend to lay on immediately.”
From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
We wanted you to talk over a scheme that these young ones have been concocting.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Priestley and I have been concocting a great scheme.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
