skirt
noun
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
have been skirting
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present perfect progressiveof skirt.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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Radio stations and streaming platforms also reportedly have been skirting DaBaby’s “Levitating” verse by playing the solo rendition of the song instead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
In a statement, Facebook acknowledged that QAnon accounts have been skirting the platform’s new policies and said in a statement that its efforts require “ongoing vigilance.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
It’s not necessarily because those corporations have been skirting sales tax collection, but some enable thousands of third-party sellers to do so, largely thanks to Quill v.
From The Verge ● Jun. 22, 2018
But many West Germans have been skirting the ban.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Look!” cried Douglas about noon that day, “what is that dark object yonder on that immense iceberg that we have been skirting these last two hours?”
From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables
