overturn
verb (used with object)
have been overturning
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present perfect progressiveof overturn.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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The Westminster expenses regulator has voiced concerns about the way some MLAs have been overturning refusals of their claims.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2016
We have been overturning the breakwaters that the ocean may swamp us.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
