by inches
1 かろうじて,きわどいところで(narrowly) escape defeat by inchesかろうじて敗北を免れる 2 一寸刻みに,わずかずつ,次第に,徐々に
every inch
あらゆる点で(in every respect);すみからすみまで,完全に She looked every inch the [a] movie star.彼女はどこから見てもりっぱな映画スター...
inch by inch
=by inches (2)
to an inch
寸分たがわず,ぴたりと,精密に(precisely)
within an inch of A
A(死・成功など)にきわめて近く,Aの一歩手前まで,危うくAするところで flog [trounce, beat, thrash] a person within an inch of his l...