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Definition of One after another
1. Adverb. In single file. "The prisoners came out one by one"
Definition of One after another
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) In single file. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of One After Another
Literary usage of One after another
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He bought seven horses one after another in hopes of winning the Ascot Cup, and
even so late as ... one after another ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"... gathered around that wonderful man ; how one after another they dropped into
his room to speak to him and say—" What are these strange feelings in me ? ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"... though they took that resolution twenty times one after another, yet it would
not amount to high treason. But to bring it home to the prisoner, ..."
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