palmo a palmo

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Spanish

Adverb

palmo a palmo

  1. (idiomatic) step by step
    • 20 August 2023, Jordi Quixano, “España se hace inmortal con la conquista de su primer Mundial femenino”, in El País:
      Y el físico inglés, también la gazuza, quizá la mentalidad arrolladora porque el éxito le precede —por algo venció en la pasada Eurocopa y pisó esta final de la Copa del Mundo—, bastaba para imponer su ley, para cobrarse metros al estilo rugby, palmo a palmo, parcela a parcela.
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