give an inch

Meaning

1. give sb an inch (and they'll take a mile / yard)

   used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more

In the movies · 3

• You give an inch here, you give an inch there, you get caught up in the game.Law Abiding Citizen2009
• Toe to toe! No one giving an inch.Cinderella Man2005
• - Shake hands. - Don't give an inch.Win Win2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Win Win2011
  • Mike's Family Breakfast
  • Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler
  • Mike Wants to Be Leo's Guardian

From the same entry

• every inch
• inch by inch
• not budge an inch
• within an inch of doing
• not trust an inch