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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When Player 388 Kim Dae-ho (Kang Ha-neul), who claims to be a former Marine, freezes up in the fight and is unable to bring more ammo to the rebels, they are easily taken out one by one. —

Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024 And one by one, all the ornaments find homes on sagging branches, until our tree is dressed up as a kaleidoscope of our family. —

Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2024 One of them came and sat down at the edge of the agricultural crop, and one by one four others joined it. —

Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 But investigators began to suspect there was something sinister behind that smile after every member of her family mysteriously died, one by one, over the years. —

Sean Neumann, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one by one