What would be the metric equivalent of “inching” (or a workable alternative)?

inching. moving slowly/small degree of progress.

As in “Elon is inching his way towards Mars”.

“Metering closer to his goal” sounds … totally off. So how do I avoid using archaicarguably antiquated measurements (which has costcontributed towards the loss of one space mission) without sounding totally crazy? Are there equivalent expressions using metric units, or do we need a work-around, or ...?

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edited Oct 3, 2016 at 14:31

Edwin Ashworth

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inching. moving slowly/small degree of progress.

As in “Elon is inching his way towards Mars”. “Metering closer to his goal” sounds … totally off. So how do I avoid using arcanearchaic measurements (which has cost one space mission) without sounding totally crazy?

Added SWR tag. For my part I see the example sentence as given, but you are free to add a more explicit one if you want to.

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edited Oct 3, 2016 at 14:18

Helmar

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inching. moving slowly/small degree of progress.

As in “Elon is inchinginching his way towards Mars”. “Metering closer to his goal” sounds … totally off. So how do I avoid using arcane measurements (which has cost one space mission) without sounding totally crazy?