one after another
idiom
1
: in a continuing series
The buses kept arriving, one after another.
One person after another walked out of the concert.
2
: each one in a continuing series
One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
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The show played out in three acts, with bursts of color igniting one after another along the ridge, tracing the mountain’s outline in rainbow-like waves, according to videos that have since been deleted.
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Peter Guo, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
As the distinct doors open one after another into hospital rooms, school auditoriums, neighborhood diners and childhood homes, both Sarah and David get offered a chance to smooth out former wrinkles and become the kind of people unafraid to commit to new relationships.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Freya swims under, over, and along the waves, one after another.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
For the past eight years, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has been a popular and well-regarded politician – beating her opponents by wide margins one after another at the ballot box.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
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Peter Guo, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
As the distinct doors open one after another into hospital rooms, school auditoriums, neighborhood diners and childhood homes, both Sarah and David get offered a chance to smooth out former wrinkles and become the kind of people unafraid to commit to new relationships.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Freya swims under, over, and along the waves, one after another.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
For the past eight years, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles has been a popular and well-regarded politician – beating her opponents by wide margins one after another at the ballot box.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
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“One after another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20after%20another. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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