one by one
English
Adverb
- Individually in succession.
- Synonyms: one at a time, one after the other
- Coordinate terms: sequentially, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially
- The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.
- 1985, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Driver 8”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:
- The walls are built up stone by stone / The fields divided one by one
Translations
individually
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