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idiominchgive sb an inch (and he/she will take a mile)(also give sb an inch and he/she will take a yard BrE)used in order to say that if you let someone do one small thing that you do not like or want, they will try to do a lot more:Give a negotiator like Travis an inch, and he's going to take a mile.Don't you give those kids an inch, or they'll end up doing whatever they like.(to) within an inch of your life1 if you beat someone to within an inch of their life, you hit them hard many times so that they are badly hurt:You are coming home with me now, and if you don't keep quiet I'll thrash you within an inch of your life.I got beaten to within an inch of my life last time I said 'no' Chris.2 BrE if you clean something to within an inch of its life, you rub it very hard while cleaning it:Every drawer, cupboard, and surface was cleaned to within an inch of its life, and the floor was scrubbed till it shone.My mother polishes all her silver cutlery to within an inch of its life, every week.
See:- be every inch a/the (something)
- beat (one) to within an inch of (one's) life
- by inches
- come within an inch of
- come within an inch of (something)
- come within an inch of doing
- come within an inch of doing something
- every inch
- every inch a
- every inch a (something)
- every inch a/the (something)
- every inch a/the leader, star, hero, etc.
- every inch of (something)
- every inch the (something)
- give (one) an inch and (one) will take a mile
- give (someone) an inch and they'll take a mile
- give an inch
- Give an inch and he'll take a mile
- give an inch and they'll take a mile
- give somebody an inch
- give someone an inch
- give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
- inch (one's) way across (something)
- inch (one's) way along (something)
- inch (oneself) across (something)
- inch (oneself) along (something)
- inch along
- inch back
- inch by inch
- inch forward
- inch over
- inch up
- inch way across
- inch way along
- inch-perfect
- not budge an inch
- not budge/give/move an inch
- not give an inch
- not move an inch
- not trust (one) an inch
- not trust somebody an inch
- to within an inch of your life
- within an ace of
- within an inch of
- within an inch of (one's) life
- within an inch of life
- within an inch of something/of doing something
- within an inch of your life
- won't budge an inch
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