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inch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of INCH

1
to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits <every year the water inches further up the embankments, threatening to permanently engulf the island city>
Synonyms creep, inch, worm
2
to move slowly <the car inched carefully across the snow-covered causeway>
Synonyms creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch, snail
Related Words lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge
Near Antonyms float, glide, sail; hurry, tear
Antonyms fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip

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