one by one

idiom

: separately in a series : one at a time : first one and then another one, etc.

I solved the problems one by one.

The performers took the stage one by one.

Examples of one by one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Venturing into schools one by one, 60-year-old Sean Cummings is on a mission to wipe out school lunch debts for kids. —Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024

Mayhem broke out as police took down tents, one by one. —Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024

Officers took demonstrators one by one to police vans, video from NBC Los Angeles at the scene showed. —Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024

Naomi Campbell came by and caught me learning to climb the steps, one by one. —Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024

When one by one, people in this community started vanishing. —Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024

In Minneapolis, Ashley Cytron, 85, was overcome with emotion during the Seder at his son’s house, where two dozen guests went around the table reading the names of the Israeli hostages, one by one. —Andrew Keh, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024

Keeping his return a secret, McCoy surprised them one by one upon his arrival back home. —Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024

The late singer’s longtime touring band The Coral Reefer Band also played at the event and were introduced to the stage one by one by McCartney after his own performance. —Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024