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poco a poco

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po⋅co a po⋅co

[poh-koh ah poh-koh; It. paw-kaw ah paw-kaw]
–noun Music.
gradually; little by little: poco a poco accelerando.

Origin:
1850–55; < It
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po·co a po·co   (pō'kō ä pō'kō)   
adv.   Music
Little by little; gradually. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian : poco, little + a, by + poco, little.]
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