Idiom
inch along
Meaning
To move slowly or to make progress gradually, bit by bit.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Traffic is heavy, so we just inch along.”
“The train had to inch along the tracks because of the heavy snow covering the rails.”
“As the project deadline approached, the team watched their progress inch along, fearing they would never complete the complex requirements in time.”
Examples
simple
“Traffic is heavy, so we just inch along.”
contextual
“The train had to inch along the tracks because of the heavy snow covering the rails.”
complex
“As the project deadline approached, the team watched their progress inch along, fearing they would never complete the complex requirements in time.”
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