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inch by inch
adverb as in bit by bit
Weak matches
adverb as in by degrees
adverb as in gradually
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But inch by inch, we dragged it over to the ship.
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Inch by inch he restored Colombian territory.
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After each hole is drilled, a crane slowly lifts a 70-foot-long wire straw called a rebar cage and, inch by inch, lowers it into the hole.
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To drag this out so that Russia can take more land, inch by inch?
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"We had some difficult scenes to do, and inch by inch, slowly slowly, bit by bit we built up this very complex relationship, to say the least."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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