I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
3 feet/1 cm/two inches etc thick
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The walls are about two meters thick.
3 inches/1 metre etc in diameter
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Draw a circle six centimetres in diameter.
6ft/2m/12 inches etc tall
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He’s only 5 feet tall.
an inch/25mm etc of rain
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Two inches of rain fell in twelve hours.
budge an inch
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The horse refused to budge an inch .
column inches (= space in a newspaper or magazine )
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Many column inches have recently been devoted to the troubled pop star.
cubic centimetre/metre/inch etc
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75,000 million cubic metres of gas
grow 2 inches/5 cm etc
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Stan grew two inches in six months.
not trust sb an inch/not trust sb as far as you can throw them (= not trust someone at all )
several inches/feet of snow
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More than eight inches of snow fell in 48 hours.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cubic
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These have a radius of about ten miles and densities of millions of tons per cubic inch .
square
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This is rather over 2000 tons per square inch .
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Rats have less than a square inch of cortex, less than humans by a factor of 500.
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You have more sweat glands and blood vessels per square inch in your scalp than any other part of your body.
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In other words, Washington must remain urgently concerned about every square inch of the planet.
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Pluto and Lawrence &038; Wishart were there, all 18 square inches of them.
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Each pad, about a square inch , treats half a cubic foot.
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That means its print head can squirt 1, 440, 000 little dots of ink on each square inch of paper.
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He looked me over carefully, appraising every visible square inch .
■ NOUN
column
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Meanwhile, there was the question of his presents, to which much time and many column inches were devoted.
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Between this and stories on Burke of the Somme, Chant's death attracted a lot of column inches .
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A column inch is one column wide by one inch deep.
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We have this morning's here, Chock full of column inches on yourself.
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Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers.
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The official excuse for a sudden wave sweeping every column inch of coverage is that a genuine revelation has occurred.
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And by the spring of 1988, the column inches devoted to her in Britain's tabloids were adding up to miles.
diameter
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All these wheels are 16 inch diameter .
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At the dome, as many as four pumps were running, pushing water out through 23-inch diameter hoses.
■ VERB
give
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I mean, give them an inch ... The speculation about Lady Diana's trousseau continues.
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It becomes ridiculous, but neither team wants to give an inch .
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She had refused to give an inch .
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He gave me an inch in a tumbler.
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Neither side wanted to give an inch but there was no unpleasantness either.
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I doubt that my stubborn friend, their lawyer, ever gave an inch , either.
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Peacock proud and stubborn with it, neither giving an inch .
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I was just a novice and he was fairly frightening, not giving an inch until he had sounded you out.
grow
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She grew four inches in a year.
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In a year he had not grown an inch or gained a pound, and no one had noticed.
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Left: Fish of this size and quality were all grown on from 4-6 inch youngsters in only a year.
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He had grown another inch or two but he was still plump and rosy, with a solid contented look about him.
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The stout plant will grow up to 12 inches in slow-flowing rivers in their natural habitat.
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Each fingernail grows about an half inch every three months, and toenails about a third of that rate.
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Then I seemed to grow a couple of inches , and thin out.
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They believed he would grow by six inches - but Steven added another two for good measure.
look
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Paula looked every inch a model these days, Arlene thought with a touch of proprietorial pride.
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He speaks with a public school accent and looks every inch the business executive he, of course, is.
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He looks every inch a chaser and, after a season off through injury, is back firing again.
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At these moments he looks closely at each inch of her face, like a valuer frowningly examining some precious object.
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And Natasha Wagner looks every inch a Hollywood beauty.
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He looked every inch an ex-world-class racing driver.
lose
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For this reason Contour is offering a free, no obligation trial - you've nothing to lose but inches .
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She had lost 8 inches off her waist and a staggering 10 inches off her hips over a period of seven months.
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He had lost 4 3/4 inches from his body.
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I promise you've got absolutely nothing to lose but your inches .
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Another ¾ from my tum and whilst my thighs and knees remain the same I've lost ¼ inch off each arm.
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In the end only 11 percent said they did not particularly lose more inches than previous dieting attempts had produced.
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She had lost only 1 inch off her 39 inch bust.
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I have no doubt that you will have lost both inches and weight.
measure
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The body itself was not much more than five feet tall, the coffin measuring five foot 6 inches in length.
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According to her publicists, who had little else except her lubricious reputation to publicize, they measured 40 inches .
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It measured six inches by four and was three quarters of an inch thick, with thread-bound pages.
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It measures 42 inches by 42 inches in height and width.
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Wrapped in a polythene bag measuring nine by 18 inches , the money was lying four inches below the surface.
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It measures 3 5/8 inches in height and width.
move
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She had barely moved an inch when she was aware of the sound of footsteps.
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Nobody colored was going to be allowed to move an inch more, much less claim bodies.
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She had not moved more than a few inches when one of the men broke free, his fist smashing downwards.
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Not stolen, we haven't moved it an inch .
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We were the only ones in the cellar, apart from the barman who was too frightened to move an inch .
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Jenny and Antony moved a few inches further apart, then giggled at each other because of the involuntary movement.
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Deep breath, hold it, whirr, click, move up an inch , breathe again.
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She moved a few more inches and made another plan.
open
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He rapped three times on the door of Room 144, it was opened a few inches .
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If a child can open them more than four inches he could fall out.
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There, under the apex of the roof, was a small window, open a few precious inches .
stand
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He was a handsome man, standing five feet nine inches and weighing twelve stone.
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With high heels she stood at least an inch over me.
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The door stood open a few inches .
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It stood open about an inch .
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Noah stood six inches high, with a white beard to his knees and wading boots of real rubber.
trust
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I didn't trust her an inch .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
push/grope/inch etc your way somewhere
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She looks every inch the high-powered businesswoman.
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Storms have dumped nine inches on San Antonio since Wednesday.
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The next bullet missed Billy's kneecaps by inches.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cut into rounds 1 inch larger in diameter than casseroles.
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Fourteen inches from the floor it's supposed to be, yet it's nearly tripping me.
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Hanns Ebensten describes the puppets as' marionettes, on strings, about fourteen inches high.
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He gave me an inch in a tumbler.
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Set the pumpkins in a baking dish and add 1 / 4 inch of water to the bottom of the pan.
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She could see that her hair had grown by perhaps half an inch .
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When Terrence Real was a boy, his father routinely threatened to beat him within an inch of his life.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
forward
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Steadily the grey tide inched forward .
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Calmly, he waited for Garcia to inch forward and flicked the ball over him for the lead.
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Masklin looked up as the trolley inched forward .
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The baby then begins to inch forward , using his legs primarily.
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Do I inch forward confidently, eyes focused with determination on you-ahead, not back, down or sideways?
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I was inching forward now, and nothing was going to stop me.
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Swallowing hard, she crawled once more under the rail and inched forward , keeping her eyes on the ground as she went.
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The students continued to inch forward , battling police for almost three hours.
up
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An interim inched up by 5 p.c. to 1.45p, payable on June 1, takes the yield to 2.9 p.c.
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An underwater video shows the fuel assembly inching up , then swinging free.
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Fifteen-year mortgage rates inched up to 7. 15 percent from 7. 13 percent.
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She inched up on the competition, gaining, gaining, until she managed the impossible.
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The plane inched up to the terminal, scaring him.
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Her pillow inched up the wall.
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The Standard &038; Poor's 500-stock index inched up 1.29, to 1241.23.
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We inched up over the ridge and began our descent on to the high, tree-stippled plateau of far western Chihuahua.
■ NOUN
way
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He can also slowly inch his way up the stairwell at a rate of 1 foot per round.
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One of the pods was inching its way out into space.
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With clenched teeth, keeping her head low and her eyes half-closed, she hugged the cliff-face and inched her way along.
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It was 12: 21 P. M. Newfoundland time when the Friendship finally inched its way into the air.
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Tom and Willie inched their way between them.
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I memorize its features and inch my way toward the bookshelf.
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Coming round one corner we were suddenly confronted by a large, dome-shaped rock inching its way steadily across our path.
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George says softly to me as I finally inch my way past the last obstacle.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I inched my way across the crowded room to where Lou was standing.
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The car inched forward into the narrow parking space.
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We watched the cat inching along the ground, not taking its eyes off the bird for a second.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the number of voters backing Alexander has inched upward, so too has the number of those who view him favorably.
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I was inching forward now, and nothing was going to stop me.
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Masklin looked up as the trolley inched forward.
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One of the pods was inching its way out into space.
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She inched towards him, daring him to move before she had shaken off the latest man to accost her.
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The roar of the water coming down the gully drummed at my ears as I inched the Toyota into the bend.