steeplechase
noun
a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
were steeplechasing
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past progressiveof steeplechase.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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I think they were steeplechasing, and he had Kester on his back.
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
