ONE AFTER THE OTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one after the other mean? 

• ONE AFTER THE OTHER (adverb)
  The adverb ONE AFTER THE OTHER has 1 sense:

1. following one another in quick succession

  Familiarity information: ONE AFTER THE OTHER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE AFTER THE OTHER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Following one another in quick succession

Synonyms:

one after another; one after the other

 Context examples 

Then said one after the other, Who has eaten from my little plate? And who has been drinking out of my little glass?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other.

(List, NCI Thesaurus)

The prince nodded, and the trumpets rang out, while the champions rode forth one after the other, each meeting his opponent in the centre of the lists.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When it grew dark there seemed to be some excitement amongst the passengers, and they kept speaking to him, one after the other, as though urging him to further speed.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Three others tried it in sharp succession; and one after the other they drew back, streaming blood from slashed throats or shoulders.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

JunoCam data has detected atmospheric wave trains, towering atmospheric structures that trail one after the other as they roam the planet, with most concentrated near Jupiter's equator.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)

One after the other we made our way into a large apartment, which was evidently that in which Mr. Melas had found himself.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The females and young ones huddled together beside the water, while the whole circle of sentinels rose one after the other and sailed off into the sky.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

And they made me sit down at table beside them, poured me out a glass of wine, filled my hands with raisins, and all three, one after the other, and each with a bow, drank my good health, and their service to me, for my luck and courage.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)