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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024past′ progres′sive, [Gram.](in English)- Grammara verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the past tense followed by a present participle and used esp. to indicate that an action or event was incomplete or in progress at a point of reference in the past, as was sleeping in I was sleeping when the phone rang. Also called past continuous.
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