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

When Hasabo Ibrahim first arrived in Colorado in 1998, finding halal food often meant navigating mainstream grocery stores and carefully checking products one by one. — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

More gigs kept being canceled, one by one, until the group finally resumed action, first with a private performance and then a return to public touring with Saturday’s Cincinnati show. — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

The room falls silent as the players, one by one, take a seat at their lockers, facing a big-screen TV on the wall. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Bass began to thump from the other side of the wall, and, as if in a dream, the girls left one by one and returned sweating in the old familiar alchemy. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for one by one

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