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one by one

adverb as in one at a time

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The family hung on in their house as long as they could, but with explosions all around, shops closed and roads cut off one by one, they finally bowed to the inevitable.

From BBC

Eventually, Danny breaks down the door of the next building along and, one by one, he pulls the children to safety.

From BBC

But, one by one, procedural and legal challenges assured that those cases against Trump would not be tried until after the election.

Over martinis at Figaro, my friends pull out their lipsticks and glosses one by one.

In the past, the 23-year-old has declared she wants to "change the idol industry", breaking down its "strict standards one by one".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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