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1
to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits
- neighborhoods worming into lands reserved for wildlife
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2
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
- over a period of several years, the undercover agent was able to worm his way into the drug kingpin's confidence
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The first known use of worm was before the 12th century
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