bit by bit

"Coercive control is almost the most frightening bit of domestic abuse. You meet somebody, you think they’re wonderful, attractive, and love you, and then bit by bit they start to undermine you," says Queen Camilla.

“As the only human character on the show, he’s evolving, and he evolved every year, bit by bit,” Guillén said.

"The playing style has changed bit by bit - they build up and press a bit more patiently now. It will be interesting to see how they maintain that."

The true nature of what has happened is only likely to trickle out bit by bit from the Iranian authorities.

For women who have already had their freedoms crushed bit by bit by a relentless series of decrees, it delivers another blow.