"edge up" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "edges up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "edging up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "edged up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "edged up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "edge up (third-person singular simple present edges up, present participle edging up, simple past and past participle edged up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The charity fund edged up toward its goal as more and more people donated."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was almost too dark to see, but I edged up to the light-switch and turned it on."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively."
      ],
      "id": "en-edge_up-en-verb-yH0B4qRK",
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "furtive",
          "furtive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "edge up"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "edges up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "edging up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "edged up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "edged up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "edge up (third-person singular simple present edges up, present participle edging up, simple past and past participle edged up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The charity fund edged up toward its goal as more and more people donated."
        },
        {
          "text": "It was almost too dark to see, but I edged up to the light-switch and turned it on."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "little by little",
          "little by little"
        ],
        [
          "furtive",
          "furtive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "edge up"
}