decoy
noun
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like.
was decoying
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past progressiveof decoy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I'd no idea she was decoying us away from the hotel.
From The Jolliest School of All by Angela Brazil
