Inch
Inch noun - A very small distance or degree.
Usage example: give them an inch, and they'll take a mile
Nearby Word: inched
Step
Step noun - An individual part of a process, series, or ranking.
Usage example: the manual enumerates every step in the procedure for shutting down the assembly line
Both words in one sentence
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About the only physical difference is a barrel about an inch and a half longer, without the "step" for the front attachment point of the M203.
Source: Cool Guns / Assault Rifles - Yet not helpless, coward sir, for approach one step—nay, but the twentieth part of one poor inch—and this poniard shall teach ye what it is to lay unholy hands on old Stephen Trusty's daughter!
Source: Chastity Dagger - In another (ETA: "The Zax"), two creatures refuse to step even a single inch to the side to let the other move on; the creatures remain standing, toe-to-toe, for the rest of eternity.
Source: Serious Business / Literature
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