was hashing
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past progressiveof hash.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
hashnouna dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan, or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
Example Sentences
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Nearby, a colleague from a British tabloid was hashing out his story.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015
The week before Wiederkehr died last September, he was hashing out the mission statement for his foundation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Yes—I was hashing over in my mind to give you as something original only the things I'd already heard—" "That is my objection to philosophy—it is a hash of words," I said.
From I Walked in Arden by Jack Crawford