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Meaning of by inches | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Very gradually; by small degrees.

Equivalents

Suomi pikkuhiljaa

Français à petit feu

Examples

“to kill by inches”

“to die by inches”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

by itself by Jove by leaps and starts by little and little By means of by mistake