clinch
verb (used with object)
to settle (a matter) decisively.
were clinching
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past progressiveof clinch.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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While the Senators were clinching their pennant in Washington last week, the Giants were getting an official welcome in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Hamel episode projected as a reminder that American forces were clinching with the foe on other parts of the front as well as on the Marne.
