one after another
advEtymology Dates back at least to Old English ān æfter ōþrum, of the same meaning.
1
Idiomatic In single file.
2
Idiomatic Individually, in a particular sequence or chronology.
3
Idiomatic Unrelentingly.
- Once discipline broke down, problems came one after another.
- Synonyms
- one by one, one at a time
- Related terms
- one thing after another, if it's not one thing it's another, one another