"petit à petit" meaning in French

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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "word": "petit à petit, l’oiseau fait son nid"
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          "english": "Little by little, you will learn to find the words.",
          "ref": "2019, Arcadian, Petit à petit",
          "text": "Petit à petit, tu sauras trouver les mots.",
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          "english": "Just a pale copy, a voice that drives you, and little by little it takes your oxygen.",
          "text": "2014, Indila, Égo\nJuste une pâle copie, une voix qui t’entraîne, et petit à petit elle prend ton oxygène.",
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        "little by little, bit by bit"
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        {
          "word": "peu à peu"
        },
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          "word": "pas à pas"
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      "ipa": "/pə.ti.t‿a p(ə).ti/"
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  "word": "petit à petit"
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          "text": "Petit à petit, tu sauras trouver les mots.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Just a pale copy, a voice that drives you, and little by little it takes your oxygen.",
          "text": "2014, Indila, Égo\nJuste une pâle copie, une voix qui t’entraîne, et petit à petit elle prend ton oxygène.",
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