Definition of piece by piece
: by degrees : piecemeal
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worked out the solution piece by piece
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In like fashion, the whole movie was built up piece by piece, the connections between the pieces known only to Kubrick.
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There’s something close to enchantment to be found in the stories Whitaker unpacks piece by piece, name by glittering name.
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Girders poke through open windows, awaiting the crane to carry it away piece by piece.
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The core of Stanton, Gordon, Ozuna and Yelich was sold off piece by piece for prospects.
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She is allowed to rebuild the character from the inside out, piece by piece.
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For instance, the round, blue band shell propped outside the boathouse was originally installed in the 1930s, but it was restored four years ago and put back together piece by piece.
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The team has a long history of unloading its players piece by piece over the years, with some of those players ending up in San Francisco (think Barry Bonds, Ryan Vogelsong).
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Trump is commonsensically undoing, piece by piece, the main components of Obama’s legacy.
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First Known Use of piece by piece
circa 1530
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bit by bit, by degrees, inch by inch;
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