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one at a time

adv. individually, as opposed to collectively; slowly or methodically, figuratively.

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one at a time

adv. in single file; "the prisoners came out one by one" [syn: one by one, one after another]

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One at a time

One at a Time may refer to:

  • "One at a Time", song by Michel Legrand from Magic (Kiri Te Kanawa album)
  • "One at a Time", song by The Who from It's Hard 1982
  • "One at a Time", song by Billy Bledsoe With Bill Woods Band 1956
  • "One at a Time", song by Flash Kahan 1985
  • "One at a Time", song by Lonzine Cannon 1962
  • "One at a Time", song by Ron Chambers 1975

Usage examples of "one at a time".

She's the kind that tends to keep to one at a time, if you know what I mean.

I filled all the barrels-not as easy as it sounds as Buck and I had to work out a route to the water hole, then I had to chop some, then I had to take the wagons in one at a time.

I filled all the barrels-not as easy as it sounds as Buck and I had to work out a route to the water hole, then I had to chop some, then I had to -take the wagons in one at a time.

Supposing we subject you to some constituent fields, one at a time, and you can evaluate subjectively what each of them feels like.

The place at this time was so strong that they could not approach it except by one way which was so narrow that men could only pass along it one at a time.

She could address only one at a time, and watch only one face at a time.

He could only manage one at a time, however--the other cheek was so far off on the other side of his big head.

Liz handed over several silver chains, all charmed for safety and peace, one at a time, and Laura arranged them around Fionna's neck.

Platinov told him later that the men had simply moved to one side, one at a time, as if they had finally become bored with the game.

Horns of annoyed people blared everywhere as I overtook them one at a time.

Hunters, nearest the doors, began slipping out, first one at a time, then in a flood, and seeing them, lesser nobles among the Cairhienin and Tairens darted ahead of the higher.

I've had several thousand wives, but always one at a time, for I was born in a monogamous era and the habit has persisted.

Perhaps new universes were flowering continuously, scattered over such a wide region that no entity could perceive more than one at a time, not even Chronos.

Three more times he ran into Posleen, but never more than one at a time and none of them with heavy weapons.