one after the other

Adverb

Meaning

following one another in quick succession

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

one after another running consecutive continuously successively singly consecutively one by one one at a time back-to-back sequentially in order in turn in a row end-to-end

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Antonyms

abruptly apace at the same time simultaneously instantaneously all of a sudden

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Examples

These were all the women whom Bluebeard had married, and whose throats he had cut one after the other. Charles Perrault

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other. Camilo Jose Cela

I smoke all the time, one after the other. Greta Garbo

Memory is so crazy! It's like we've got these drawers crammed with tons of useless stuff. Meanwhile, all the really important things we just keep forgetting, one after the other. Haruki Murakami

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot

The experiencing self lives its life continuously. It has moments of experience, one after the other. Daniel Kahneman

Close letter words and terms

one one above 20 one after another one age with one and a half one and a half year old