rob
verb (used with object)
to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
will be robbing
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future progressiveof rob.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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America will be robbing Peter to pay Paul.
From US News ● Mar. 1, 2016
“Certainly, but I’m afraid it will be robbing you.”
From Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp by Allen Chapman
"But you will be robbing the garden of its chief ornament," cried Gabrielle.
From No Surrender by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
