minute by minute

Hyphenated if used before a noun.

1. Very quickly (as in intervals of mere minutes). Liz's labor progressed very slowly at home, but once we got to the hospital, it felt like things were changing minute by minute.

2. Of or including each individual minute within a certain span of time. Prosecutors laid out a minute-by-minute breakdown of exactly how and when the crime took place.

See also: by, minute

See also:

apples to apples
apples to oranges
a round robin
round robin
black market
a light touch
back to back
back-to-back
wigged
wiggy

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