Synonyms for one by one
one by one

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1. one by oneadverb

   Synonyms:
   one at a time, sequentially, one after the other, serially

2. one by oneadverb

   Individually in succession; one at a time.

   The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one.

   Synonyms:
   one after the other, sequentially, serially, one at a time

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1. one by one, one after another, one at a timeadverb

   in single file

   "the prisoners came out one by one"

   Synonyms:
   one at a time, by the piece, on an individual basis, individually, one after another, separately, singly, severally

2. by the piece, one by oneadverb

   one piece at a time

   "she sold the plates by the piece"

   Synonyms:
   one at a time, by the piece, on an individual basis, individually, one after another, separately, singly, severally

3. individually, separately, singly, severally, one by one, on an individual basisadverb

   apart from others

   "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"

   Synonyms:
   independently, by the piece, one after another, individually, respectively, separately, singly, severally, one at a time, on an individual basis

Suggested Resources

1. one by one

   Read the full text of the One By One poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Douglas Couplan:

   And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can't ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened.

2. Big Daddy Lipscomb:

   I just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel 'em one by one until I get to the ball carrier. Him I keep.

3. Yahya Jammeh:

   I am going to get rid of these elements one by one until the last person, apart from the decision from the Almighty Allah, no human soul, animal, fish or insect, black or white, can remove me from power.

4. Cag Buyurgan:

   If he does not win these elections, we can once again restore the unity we have lost and together solve our problems one by one.

5. Sergei Udaltsov:

   If we do not show solidarity with each other, the system will break all of us one by one.