one after another

English

Alternative forms

• one after the other

Adverb

one after another (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) In single file.
2. (idiomatic) Individually, in sequence in time.

Synonyms

• (in single file): one by one
• (individually, in sequence in time): one at a time

Translations

in single file

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紛紛 (zh), 纷纷 (zh) (fēnfēn), 先後 (zh), 先后 (zh) (xiānhòu)

• Finnish: yksi toisensa jälkeen
• French: l'un après l'autre (fr)
• German: nacheinander (de)
• Hungarian: egyik a másik után

• Irish: as a chéile
• Italian: uno dopo l'altro
• Japanese: 相次いで (あいついで, aitsuide), 続々 (ぞくぞく, zokuzoku), 次々 (つぎつぎ, tsugitsugi)
• Russian: оди́н за други́м (odín za drugím)
• Telugu: ఒకటొకటిగా (okaṭokaṭigā)