one by one

phrase

: 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.

Examples of one by one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My father had left academic medicine to open a solo surgical practice, and billing meant someone had to sit in front of a typewriter and create claims one by one. — Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The young men pack into a small classroom in West Town, stand in a circle and, one by one, pass a ball from person to person. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Those watching Furious — Liz Meriwether and Emmy Rossum’s cat-and-mouse thriller about an Epstein-esque victim taking out her rapists one by one — know the series is not so easy to shake. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

Khan said the team used shovels to dig through the snow and pull out the bodies one by one. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for one by one

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun