edge up (verb)

1. They decided to edge up the bookshelf in the corner to make more space for the new armchair.

2. Why did the pencil refuse to edge up to the paper? Because it didn't want to get too close and become a spelling mistake!

3. The hero in the story had to edge up to the entrance of the dark cave, knowing that dangers awaited inside.

4. In Greek mythology, Orpheus had to edge up to the gates of the Underworld to convince Hades to let his wife Eurydice return to the land of the living.