were finessing

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of finesse.
  finesse

  noun

  extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.

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