one by one

and one at a time

the first one, then the next one, then the next one, etc.; each in turn. I have to deal with problems one by one. I can't handle them all at once. Okay, just take things one at a time. The children came into the room one by one.

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one by one

one person or thing following another in order The children filed out of the bus, one by one.

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one by one

Also, one at a time. Individually in succession, as in The ducklings jumped into the pond one by one, or One at a time they went into the office. Formerly also put as one and one and one after one, this idiom dates from about a.d. 1000.

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one by one

Individually in succession.

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Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Demokritos	-	Ancient Greek
MariËLle	-	Dutch
Aileas	-	Scottish
Lorn	LAWRN	English (Rare)
Dumitru	-	Romanian
Yedidyah	-	Biblical Hebrew