one+after+another
1One after another — After Aft er, prep. 1. Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. Shut doors after you. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Below in rank; next to in order. Shak. [1913 Webster] Codrus after Ph?bus sings the best. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Later in… …
2one after another — or one after the other used for saying that actions are done or things happen with very little time between them They got married young and had four children one after another …
3one after another — index consecutive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4one after another (or the other) — following one another in quick succession. → one …
5one after another — one immediately after the other, successively …
6one after another — adverb In single file. Syn: one by one …
7one after the other — one after another or one after the other used for saying that actions are done or things happen with very little time between them They got married young and had four children one after another …
8one after the other — first one person or thing and then another, followed by more. The cornfields stretched for many miles, one after the other. Usage notes: often used with a noun immediately after one: She ate one chocolate after the other until the box was empty.… …
9one\ damn\ thing\ after\ another — • ODTAA • one damn thing after another n. phr. (pronounced owed tay) If there is one problem, there will be more. First I lost my wallet, then a kid broke the window, and, lastly, my car refused to start. It was just one damn thing after another! …
10one thing after another — (it s) one thing after another bad things keep happening. Ever since my car was stolen last year, it s been one thing after another …
