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.

Examples of one by one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Younger fans have lived through an era when, season by season, one by one, the most valuable player to come out of the academy had to be flogged to stop the club from being financially shipwrecked. —Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 28 July 2025

But one by one, credit card issuers have been dropping this perk as increasing numbers of Priority Pass diners looking to cash in on their available credit swarmed airport restaurants beyond capacity, especially during travel delays and peak season. —Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 16 July 2025

And one by one, these industrial castles of brick and timber suffered the same fate. —Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025

The work to treat and hopefully one day prevent Parkinson’s is being done through finding these factors and eliminating them one by one. —Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025

Rhymes for one by one

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