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. Assaf Habary:

   There are hundreds of colonies of coral that we need to relocate, one by one, delicately.

2. Dana Ahmed:

   It's completely unjustified that they're going after( women's rights activists) one by one and in a sense they are shutting off this space for civil society, for freedom of expression and for people to demand their rights completely.

3. Kelly Hannon:

   We know people have been stopped for extraordinary time periods leading up to these closure areas, but we are clearing trucks one by one to break through this blockage, and we will get to each driver and restore traffic flow, crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes.

4. Thor Eells:

   What I will say, if you look at comparable cities that size, 140 no knocks would cause pause. I'd be looking at that saying,' Let's go through these one by one,' and I hate to say it. At the end of the day, I'm going to bet you... 140 no-knock warrants shouldn't have been served as no-knock warrants.

5. Sergei Udaltsov:

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