one at a time
Not all together
One at a time means individually, in sequence rather than simultaneously.
The phrase emphasizes proceeding through a group or series with each item handled separately before moving to the next: The teacher called the students up one at a time.
It often carries a sense of patience or deliberateness: One thing at a time—let's not get ahead of ourselves.
- individuallyOne at a time
- separatelyIn distinct portions
- singlyOne at a time
- taking turnsActing in sequence
- seriallyIn sequential installments
piece · successively · stepwise · in order · independently · consecutive · patiently · incrementally · turn-based · gradually · single file · discrete · phased · bit by bit · sequential · step by step · staged · slowly
- taking turnsalternate, alternating, wait, waiting, rotation
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, piece by piece, inch by inch
- Card Dealingdeal, shuffle, face down, face up, misdeal
- Backcountry Skiingskins, skinning, ski mountaineering, transceiver, avalanche risk
- counting phrasescount to ten, on three, countdown, count off
- Baby Stepscrawling, toddling, wobbling, first steps, standing up
simultaneity
one at a timesimultaneously
At the same instant
all at once · at the same time · together · all together · concurrently