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inch forward

inch forward verb: to move forward in a very slow, cautious, and careful way.

Verb

inch forward (third-person singular simple present inches forward, present participle inching forward, simple past and past participle inched forward)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To move forward in a very slow, cautious, and careful way.

Forms of inch forward

third-person singular presentinches forward
present participleinching forward
past participleinched forward
pastinched forward

Questions about inch forward

What does inch forward mean?
Inch forward means to move forward in a very slow, cautious, and careful way.
What part of speech is inch forward?
Inch forward is a verb.
What is the past tense of inch forward?
The past tense of inch forward is inched forward.

Words near inch forward in the dictionary

  1. inch away
  2. inch back
  3. inch by inch
  4. inch field
  5. inch fields
  6. inch forward
  7. inch plum
  8. inch resting
  9. inch stuff
  10. inch tracker
  11. inch trackers

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