Значение слова "BY INCHES" найдено в 7 источниках
найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
by inches: translation

{adv. phr.} By small or slow degrees; little by little; gradually. * /The river was rising by inches./ * /They got a heavy wooden beam under the barn for a lever, and managed to move it by inches./ * /He was dying by inches./

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"
by inches: translation

{adv. phr.} By small or slow degrees; little by little; gradually. * /The river was rising by inches./ * /They got a heavy wooden beam under the barn for a lever, and managed to move it by inches./ * /He was dying by inches./

найдено в "Англо-русском словаре общей лексики"
1) - inch by inch 2) почти; чуть не the car missed him by inches — он чуть не попал под машину
найдено в "Англо-украинском словаре"


поступово, крок за кроком; мало-помалу


найдено в "Англо-русском дополнительном словаре"
почти; чуть не мало-помалу, понемногу
найдено в "Англо-русском словаре редакции bed"
мало помалу, почти, чуть не
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