"inch away" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inches away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inching away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inched away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inched away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "inch away (third-person singular simple present inches away, present participle inching away, simple past and past participle inched away)",
      "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 formed with \"away\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They're trying to inch away from their policies.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly distance oneself from previous associates, ideas, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-inch_away-en-verb-jCISgz~j",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly distance oneself from previous associates, ideas, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inch away"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inches away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inching away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inched away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inched away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "inch away (third-person singular simple present inches away, present participle inching away, simple past and past participle inched away)",
      "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 formed with \"away\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They're trying to inch away from their policies.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly distance oneself from previous associates, ideas, etc."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly distance oneself from previous associates, ideas, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inch away"
}