by inches

Slowly over time. You won't improve your grade all at once, but rather, by inches throughout the semester.

by inches

Also, inch by inch. Gradually, bit by bit, as in We found ourselves in rush hour traffic, moving by inches. Shakespeare used this term in Coriolanus (5:4): "They'll give him death by inches." Despite the increasing use of metric measurements, it survives, often as an exaggeration of the actual circumstance. The phrase to inch along, first recorded in 1812, means "to move bit by bit," as in There was a long line at the theater, just inching along.

词组	by inches
释义	by inches by inches Slowly over time. You won't improve your grade all at once, but rather, by inches throughout the semester. See also: by, inch Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. by inches Also, inch by inch. Gradually, bit by bit, as in We found ourselves in rush hour traffic, moving by inches. Shakespeare used this term in Coriolanus (5:4): "They'll give him death by inches." Despite the increasing use of metric measurements, it survives, often as an exaggeration of the actual circumstance. The phrase to inch along, first recorded in 1812, means "to move bit by bit," as in There was a long line at the theater, just inching along. See also: by, inch The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: on one's on someone's out of one's (I've) got to go save someone's skin (Have you) been OK? other than other than (something) pillow-biter let something drop
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