tamp
verb (used with object)
to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes.
was tamping
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past progressiveof tamp.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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On September 13, 1848 an American railroad construction worker named Phineas P Gage was setting an explosive charge when the blasting powder he was tamping down with an iron spike accidentally ignited.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2013
A winter rain was tamping down the dust along western Iraq’s Route 19 when Staff Sgt.
From Washington Post
