Collocations for "inch"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "inch" in context.
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inch
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- measures [six] inches
- a measurement of [six] inches
- a [leg, waist] measurement of [thirty-six] inches
- there is an inch of water in the [basement, garage]
- we are expecting [ten] inches (of snow)
- is [five] inches in diameter
- is [five] inches [across, thick, wide]
- is [five] inches from end to end
- was covered by an inch of [snow, dust, sand]
- he measures [six] feet and [two] inches
- [six] [square, cubic] inches
- [1000] pixels per inch
- sports: was just inches short of the [goal line, first down]
- the shot missed [him, it] by only an inch
- was just inches away from [winning, finishing on time]
- [moving forward, making progress] inch by inch
- not willing to [go, move] an inch further [until, unless]
- came within an inch of [winning, drowning, crashing]
- every inch counts
- she's every inch a lady
- idiom: made me feel (just) an inch tall
- idiom: give them an inch and they'll take a [yard, mile]
- idiom: give [her, him] an inch and [she'll, he'll] take a [yard]
- a [24] -inch [table, gap, TV, screen]
- a [thirty-four] -inch waist
'inch' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
TV
- alloy
- bass
- blade
- bolt
- budge
- chest
- cock
- dice
- fender
- ginger
- groove
- grudge
- heel
- margin
- mobile
- monitor
- overlap
- padding
- penis
- photo
- pizza
- portable
- record
- rim
- ruler
- saucepan
- scale
- screen
- slick
- square
- tablet
- television
- tin
- two
- waist
- wedge