by inches
English
Prepositional phrase
- Very gradually; by small degrees.
- to kill by inches
- to die by inches
- Synonym: little by little
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Further reading
- “by inches” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “by inches”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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