in a row

English

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Prepositional phrase

in a row

1. successively, one after the other.

   Synonyms: on the trot, on the spin, on the bounce

   After making losses four years in a row, the manager knew she had to sack someone.

2. Placed in a straight line.

   Bottles of every type of alcohol they had were lined up in a row behind the bar.

Translations

successively

• Azerbaijani: dalbadal, bir-bir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一連／一连 (zh) (yīlián)

• Danish: i træk, på rad
• Finnish: peräkkäin (fi), perätysten (fi), peräkanaa (fi)
• French: d’affilée (fr)
• Georgian: ზედიზედ (zedized), მიყოლებით (miq̇olebit)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐφεξῆς (ephexês)

• Hungarian: zsinórban
• Ingrian: peräjalkiä
• Irish: as a chéile
• Italian: di fila
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: på rad

  Nynorsk: på rad

• Polish: z rzędu, pod rząd
• Portuguese: seguido (pt), em sequência, sucessivamente, consecutivamente, um atrás do outro
• Scottish Gaelic: sreath chèile, an sreath a chèile
• Spanish: seguidos (es), consecutivos (es)
• Swedish: i sträck
• Turkish: art arda (tr), peş peşe (tr), arka arkaya (tr), birbiri ardına
• Welsh: yn olynol

in a straight line

• Catalan: en fila
• Finnish: rivissä, riviin
• Greek:

  Ancient: στοιχηδόν (stoikhēdón)

• Hebrew: בשורה (he) (beshura)
• Maori: matatira