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on the trot

on the trot prepositional phrase: successively, in succession; one after the other.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, informal) Successively, in succession; one after the other.
    • We played five gigs on the trot.
    • But they came up against an impressive force in Bayern, who extended their run to 10 wins on the trot, having scored 28 goals in the process and conceding none.2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Continually busy.
    • I've been on the trot all day.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) on the run; fleeing
    • The former South London publican admitted at the Old Bailey that he "went on the trot" on Christmas Day, 1986 following a brawl at a party […]2001, 26 July, Liverpool Echo, "Man is jailed for '80s killing"
    • It seemed the two POs were happy enough with the situation; if Cain went on the trot they would be in the clear with two grand each […]2014, Martina Cole, The Good Life

on the trot meaning in Malayalam

on the trot in Malayalam

one after the other, in succession, in a row
പുറകേപുറകേ, തുടർച്ചയായി, ഒന്നിനുപുറകേ ഒന്നായി, വരിവരിയായി, ക്രമികമായി, അടുപ്പിച്ചടുപ്പിച്ച്

Synonyms of on the trot

Questions about on the trot

What does on the trot mean?
On the trot means successively, in succession; one after the other.
What is on the trot in Malayalam?
On the trot in Malayalam is പുറകേപുറകേ, തുടർച്ചയായി, ഒന്നിനുപുറകേ ഒന്നായി. See On the trot meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is on the trot?
On the trot is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the trot in the dictionary

  1. on the tiles
  2. on the tip of one's tongue
  3. on the tools
  4. on the toss of a coin
  5. on the town
  6. on the trot
  7. on the turf
  8. on the turn
  9. on the turps
  10. on the up
  11. on the up and up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the trot (page history and authors); on the trot (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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