every inch of the way

: being each individual or part of a group without exception

: being each in a series or succession

: being all taken severally

: a unit of length equal to ¹/₃₆ yard — see Weights and Measures Table

: a small amount, distance, or degree

: stature, height

: to move by small degrees : progress slowly

: to cause to move slowly

: island

: a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place

: an opening for passage

: the course traveled from one place to another : route

: of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route

: by a long distance : to a considerable degree or extent : far

: by far : much

: very