in a row
One after another
In a row means consecutively, one after another without interruption: She won three games in a row.
The phrase evokes items arranged in a straight line, each following the previous.
It emphasizes unbroken sequence: He's been late four days in a row.
The expression applies to events, victories, failures, or any countable occurrences happening successively.
- back-to-backOccurring in direct succession
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- alignedArranged in proper position
- winning streakConsecutive successes over time
- one after anotherIn unbroken sequence
one by one · sequential · successive · chronologically · lineup · ducks · repeatedly · adjacent · non-stop · uninterrupted · continuous · ordered · running · recurring · linear · end to end · stacked · domino effect
- one after anotherone by one, back-to-back, consecutive, sequential, successive
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
in a rowscattered
Spread irregularly about
in disarray · all over the place · jumbled · spread out · dispersed
in a rowintermittently
At irregular intervals
sporadically · on and off · irregularly · now and then · every so often
in a rowat random
Without deliberate selection
randomly · haphazardly · unsystematically · willy-nilly · erratically
in, row, rowing, rows, in line, rowboat, rowed, rower, rowboats