refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
were refitting
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past progressiveof refit.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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Panzer Divisions, were refitting right where the 1st Airborne Division was going to land.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were refitting very leisurely, and had been in harbour nearly five weeks, when one afternoon we saw the Surprise towing in the Hermione.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
Unluckily, while the ships were refitting at Portsmouth, Schomberg irrevocably offended his chief, by ordering the "Greyhound" frigate to carry a flag on her main-top.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
The sea, he said, was open; for the French ships had returned into port, and were refitting.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
While, however, their ships were refitting they were constantly in each other’s society.
From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald
