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inching forward

inching forward is the present participle and gerund 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 inching forward

What is inching forward the present participle and gerund of?
Inching forward is the present participle and gerund of inch forward.

Words near inching forward in the dictionary

  1. Inchicore
  2. inching
  3. inching along
  4. inching away
  5. inching back
  6. inching forward
  7. inching up
  8. inchingly
  9. inchings
  10. inchis
  11. Inchlonaig

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inching 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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