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once at a time

once at a time is the misspelling of one at a time.

Meaning of one at a time

Adverb

one at a time (not comparable)

  1. During sequentially discrete instances.
    • He ate the peas on his plate one at a time.

Questions about once at a time

What is once at a time the misspelling of?
Once at a time is the misspelling of one at a time.

Words near once at a time in the dictionary

  1. once and a while
  2. once and again
  3. once and away
  4. once and awhile
  5. once and for all
  6. once at a time
  7. once bitten, twice shy
  8. Once Brewed
  9. once burned, twice cautious
  10. once burned, twice shy
  11. once for all

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Adapted from Wiktionary: once at a time (page history and authors); one at a time (page history and authors). 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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