brick by brick



brick by brick

Steadily and continuously in a step-by-step manner, especially the creation or destruction of something. Likened to erecting (or demolishing) a house or other building one brick at a time. We built this business from nothing, brick by brick, until we had the largest retail chain in the city. Lawmakers have been tearing down the existing immigration legislation brick by brick.
See also: brick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
-Irish Mythology
Aniket-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Jaron (1)-Hebrew
Tamrat-Eastern African, Amharic
ComhghÁN-Irish
Seleucus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)