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were clubbing

  • past progressive
    of club.
    club
    noun
    a heavy stick, usually thicker at one end than at the other, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.

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Standing-room only, a DJ playing throwies from Sean Paul, a bar serving $25 drinks and seeing everyone you know made it feel like we were clubbing in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2024

For a second, it felt like we were clubbing in Berlin.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2024

Groups of friends in the main city, Yangon, told Reuters they were clubbing together to try to import oxygen cylinders from neighbouring Thailand.

From Reuters Jul. 18, 2021

They made me think about a Scottish-Indian gay guy and his lesbian sister who were clubbing acquaintances from my youth.

From BBC May 1, 2016

He leaps, he lunges, he scrambles, he slides, he falls, he dives, he skins his elbows and knees, and he flails at the ball as if he were clubbing a rat.

From Time Magazine Archive