Usually means: Progressing slowly with meticulous care.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word inch by inch:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. inch by inch: Merriam-Webster
  2. inch by inch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. inch by inch: Collins English Dictionary
  4. inch by inch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. inch by inch: Wiktionary
  6. inch by inch: Dictionary.com
  7. Inch by Inch (children's book), Inch by Inch (film), Inch by Inch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. inch by inch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. inch by inch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. inch by inch: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. inch by inch: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. inch by inch: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (inch by inch)

▸ adverb:  Gradually or incrementally.

Similar:
inchingly, incrementally, step by step, inchmeal, little by little, bit by bit, stepwise, piecemeal, gradually, ungradually, more...

Opposite:
mile by mile, gradually, steadily

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Similar:
inchingly, incrementally, step by step, inchmeal, little by little, bit by bit, stepwise, piecemeal, gradually, ungradually, more...

Opposite:
mile by mile, gradually, steadily



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