mug
noun
a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
have been mugging
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present perfect progressiveof mug.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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Perhaps I have been mugging it up as a preliminary to coming out here.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
I hear from Mr Cookson that you have been mugging lately, just as I have.
From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Frank Feller
I do know a certain amount about harmony already; I have been mugging it up for the last three years.
From Michael by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
