In order
In order adjective - In a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement.
One after the other and in order are semantically related. In some cases you can use "One after the other" instead an adverb phrase "In order".
One after the other
In order and one after the other are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In order" instead an adverb phrase "One after the other".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In addition, the central series of events in the game must be visited in order, one after the other, or all other events in the series cannot be accessed.
Source: Save Point -
Shoulders of Doom: Zagato, Lafarga, Lantis, evil Emeraude, Debonair, Nova, the three Rune Gods.... Sic 'em: Zagato has a big, dramatic chamber he uses to summon his servants and send them out, one after the other, to crush the Magic Knights, in order of Alcyone, Ascot, Caldina, and Lafarga.
Source: Manga / Magic Knight Rayearth - In Stephen King's IT (but not in The Film of the Book for obvious reasons), Beverly Marsh has sex with the other members of the Losers Club (all six of them, one after the other, in a sewer) in order to re-forge the connection between them after defeating IT as pre-teens.
Source: Deus Sex Machina
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