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inched away

inched away is the simple past and past participle of inch away.

Meaning of inch away

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly distance oneself from previous associates, ideas, etc.
    • They're trying to inch away from their policies.

Questions about inched away

What is inched away the simple past and past participle of?
Inched away is the simple past and past participle of inch away.

Words near inched away in the dictionary

  1. Inchbald
  2. Inchbonnie
  3. Inchcape
  4. inched
  5. inched along
  6. inched away
  7. inched back
  8. inched forward
  9. inched up
  10. Incheon
  11. incher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inched away (page history and authors); inch away (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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