edge up

edge up (third-person singular simple present edges up, present participle edging up, simple past and past participle edged up)

1. (intransitive) To approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively.

   The charity fund edged up toward its goal as more and more people donated.

   It was almost too dark to see, but I edged up to the light-switch and turned it on.

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