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inched forward

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

Meaning of inch forward

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.

Questions about inched forward

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

Words near inched forward in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inched forward (page history and authors); inch forward (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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