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one by one and one at a time the first one, then the next one, then the next one, etc.; each in turn. I have to deal with problems one by one. I can't handle them all at once. Okay, just take things one at a time. The children came into the room one by one. See also: one one by one one person or thing following another in order The children filed out of the bus, one by one. See also: one How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As Dolly glanced towards him, and thought of the pain he must have suffered, and the far-off places in which he had been wandering, and wondered who had been his nurse, and hoped that whoever it was, she had been as kind and gentle and considerate as she would have been, the tears came rising to her bright eyes, one by one, little by little, until she could keep them back no longer, and so before them all, wept bitterly. A Cat, discovering this, made her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one. The merry old gentleman had a basket of small toys with him, and he tossed the toys one by one to the children as he passed by. |
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