"à petit feu" meaning in French

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        "over a gentle heat, over a slow heat, on a low heat"
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        "(cooking) over a gentle heat, over a slow heat, on a low heat"
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          "word": "à feu doux"
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          "english": "to die a slow death, to die by inches",
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        "slowly, little by little"
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        "(figuratively) slowly, little by little"
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