little by little
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My throat ached and my eyes felt like they might explode, but I just kept telling it, “NO! NO! NO!” and eventually I could feel it retreating, little by little.
From Literature
Since then, he’s been building up his bitcoin portfolio little by little, investing more money at least once every two weeks.
From MarketWatch
“Everything is a learning process. You start from the bottom and work your way up, little by little,” the 13-year-old driver said.
From Los Angeles Times
It calls it a capital investment, and deducts it from earnings little by little.
From Barron's
It calls it a capital investment, and deducts it from earnings little by little.
From Barron's
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