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Inch along

/ɪntʃ əˈlɔŋ/verb phrase
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To move very slowly and gradually, often with deliberate effort or due to obstacles; this phrase captures the frustration of incremental progress, commonly applied in everyday scenarios like traffic or more metaphorically in professional settings where tasks advance bit by bit despite challenges.

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During the Apollo 11 moonwalk in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had to 'inch along' the lunar surface at speeds under 2 miles per hour to avoid sinking into the dust, a precaution that helped them collect over 47 pounds of moon rocks for Earth analysis.

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