Meanings
- USGiven that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed.
Afterwards, she took him farther south. His uneasiness grew with every step. . . . "In for an inch, in for a mile," he muttered.
2005, Bill Burt, William D. Burt, The Downs, →ISBN, page 291 more example
I soon found the water lapping at my toes so I figured, “in for an inch, in for a mile” and continued on in after the oystercatcher.
2007 December 31, Maggie Petsch, “American oystercatcher shots are memorable”, in Daily News, Galveston, Texas, retrieved 16 Jul 2009Synonyms: in for a dime, in for a dollar, in for a penny, in for a pound
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbGiven that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed.
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in for an inch, in for a mile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20for%20an%20inch%2C%20in%20for%20a%20mile
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