own
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive).
was owning
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past progressiveof own.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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Their prize of 2024 was owning it all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
With an injury-affected team, this was their new manager's first group game in Europe - Europa League, September 2021 - and he was owning it, until he wasn't.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
He no longer looked like he was having fun or was owning his opponents like he used to.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2024
The closest he came to anything involving consumer affairs was owning and operating a Salsarita's Fresh Cantina restaurant — strip-mall Mexican food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2017
This was my truth and I was owning it.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
