From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishone after another/one after the otherone after another/one after the otherSERIESif a series of events or actions happen one after another, each one happens soon after the previous one Ever since we moved here it’s been one problem after another. → afterone after another/one after the otherone after another/one after the otherif events happen one after the other, they happen without much time between them One after another, tropical storms battered the Pacific coastline. → one