| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I retrench |
| you retrench |
| he/she/it retrenches |
| we retrench |
| you all retrench |
| they retrench |
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| I am retrenching |
| you are retrenching |
| he/she/it is retrenching |
| we are retrenching |
| you all are retrenching |
| they are retrenching |
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| I have retrenched |
| you have retrenched |
| he/she/it has retrenched |
| we have retrenched |
| you all have retrenched |
| they have retrenched |
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| I have been retrenching |
| you have been retrenching |
| he/she/it has been retrenching |
| we have been retrenching |
| you all have been retrenching |
| they have been retrenching |
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| Past |
| I retrenched |
| you retrenched |
| he/she/it retrenched |
| we retrenched |
| you all retrenched |
| they retrenched |
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| I was retrenching |
| you were retrenching |
| he/she/it was retrenching |
| we were retrenching |
| you all were retrenching |
| they were retrenching |
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| I had retrenched |
| you had retrenched |
| he/she/it had retrenched |
| we had retrenched |
| you all had retrenched |
| they had retrenched |
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| I had been retrenching |
| you had been retrenching |
| he/she/it had been retrenching |
| we had been retrenching |
| you all had been retrenching |
| they had been retrenching |
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| Future |
| I will retrench |
| you will retrench |
| he/she/it will retrench |
| we will retrench |
| you all will retrench |
| they will retrench |
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| I will be retrenching |
| you will be retrenching |
| he/she/it will be retrenching |
| we are retrenching |
| you all will be retrenching |
| they will be retrenching |
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| I will have retrenched |
| you will have retrenched |
| he/she/it will have retrenched |
| we will have retrenched |
| you all will have retrenched |
| they will have retrenched |
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| I will have been retrenching |
| you will have been retrenching |
| he/she/it will have been retrenching |
| we will have been retrenching |
| you all will have been retrenching |
| they will have been retrenching |
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