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inches forward

inches forward is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 inches forward

What is inches forward the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inches forward is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inch forward.

Words near inches forward in the dictionary

  1. inchers
  2. inches
  3. inches along
  4. inches away
  5. inches back
  6. inches forward
  7. inches up
  8. inchful
  9. inchfuls
  10. Inchgarvie
  11. inchi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inches 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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