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inch up

inch up verb: to move or increase by small increments, typically slowly and carefully.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To move or increase by small increments, typically slowly and carefully.

Forms of inch up

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

Questions about inch up

What does inch up mean?
Inch up means to move or increase by small increments, typically slowly and carefully.
What part of speech is inch up?
Inch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of inch up?
The past tense of inch up is inched up.

Words near inch up in the dictionary

  1. inch plum
  2. inch resting
  3. inch stuff
  4. inch tracker
  5. inch trackers
  6. inch up
  7. inch-meal
  8. inch-perfect
  9. inchamber
  10. inchambered
  11. inchambering

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