to inch up

Examples

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• During the regular trading session, Intel's shares inched up 1 cent to close at $24.85 on Nasdaq.

• I say "Luckily" because once I'd helped her down from the truck, it took her forever to inch up the walk in her walker.

  Fiction book (1998)

• And I feel like we're, we're, we're inching up towards a turning point with all of this.

• The percentage of unemployed people who found jobs in 2017 continued to inch up, reaching 27 percent for the first time since October 2007.

  Academic text (2018)

• The water inched up, covering our feet, lifting at the raft.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The floodwater is inching up the pole toward it.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Job growth slowed sharply in May, and unemployment inched up to 9.1 percent.

  Blog text (19)

• The old woman inched her walker up the sidewalk, her white hair, light as cotton, swaying with each step.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Gas prices are inching up over the weekend, now at about $2.81 a gallon.

• I've seen his own negatives starting to inch up a point or two in recent polls.

Synonyms

R

to rise

vsto inch up

904 1.0

To become greater in amount or strength

refers to a slow, small upward movement rather than any increase

G

to go up

vsto inch up

454 1.5

To become higher in price or amount

is specifically a slow, small rise rather than a general increase

C

to climb up

vsto inch up

127 1.0

To move up using hands and feet, often with effort

is about slow increases in quantity not physical upward movement

S

to step up

vsto inch up

74 3.4

Make something greater in amount, speed or strength

means a slow, small rise rather than a deliberate larger increase

R

to ramp

vsto inch up

57 4.5

To increase something gradually in stages

is a slower, smaller rise done in very tiny steps

U

to up

vsto inch up

9 1.3

Make an amount or level higher

describes a much slower, tiny increase rather than an intentional raising

E

to edge up

vsto inch up

2 4.5

Rise slowly by a small amount, often for prices or temperatures

is an even smaller, more gradual rise by tiny amounts

H

to heighten

vsto inch up

2 3.8

To make something higher, like a fence or bridge

focuses on small, gradual increases rather than raising physical height

Antonyms

S

to spike

51 3.4

To rise suddenly and sharply

How Much

to surge

41 3.7

to increase

∞ 1.0

to bump up

23 3.4

to inch up

5 4.2

Surface Forms

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Etymology