one by one
idiom
: separately in a series : one at a time : first one and then another one, etc.
I solved the problems one by one.
The performers took the stage one by one.
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Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Whereas the frogs are in the mud, down low, solving very concrete problems, one by one.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2025
The solution to the city’s deficit is to start with the categories that have seen the biggest increase in spending and pare those back one by one.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Ask me questions about my most successful client relationships, one by one.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for one by one
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“One by one.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20by%20one. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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