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by inches

Speech parts

1. by inches - Adverb

2. by inches - Phrase

Meaning

by a short distance

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Synonyms

by small degrees gradually slowly barely piecemeal little by little only just inchmeal by degrees inch by inch by a hair's breadth little at a time by a whisker by little and little by the skin of one's teeth

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Antonyms

straightaway at once against the clock without any further ado without further ado lightning fast

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Examples

They that die by famine die by inches. Matthew Henry

I'd rather die at sea, with one deep gulp of death, than die by inches on this desolate island here! Homer

Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. English Proverb

Ill luck enters by fathoms and departs by inches. Spanish Proverb

The ground of liberty must be gained by inches. American Proverb

they moved it by inches Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

by inches

Close letter words and terms

by implication by imputation by in driblets by inchmeal by inference by inheritance