inch back

to move back very slowly. The trainer inched back from the angry tiger. The tiger inched back and sprang.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lenox	LEN-əks	Scottish, English (Rare)
Aureliusz	ow-REL-yuwsh	Polish
Mayrbek	-	Chechen
Colette	ko-LET	French
BorÓKa	-	Hungarian
Kaleva	KAH-le-vah	Finnish