one after another
used for saying that actions are done or things happen with very little time between them
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One after another
linear
adjective
involving ideas or events that are directly connected and follow one after the other
in a row
one after another, without anything different happening in between
in turn
one after the other in an order that has been agreed or officially decided
one by one
first one, then the next, then the next etc, separately
fast and furious
used about situations in which a lot of different things happen very fast, one after the other
in relays
if people do something in relays, one group does it first and then another, so that the activity can continue until it is finished
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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