little by little
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After the sun came up, "we watched the water recede little by little" before the fire department arrived, Mikey said.
From BBC
Bravery, Lucas is learning, is like a muscle: something you train “little by little to strengthen.”
"And little by little, we saw real changes," she added.
From Barron's
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
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