at a time

Definitions

1. In a single, continuous period of time.
2. Simultaneously at each occurrence (of some action).

Equivalents

Examples

“He manages to abstain from smoking for weeks at a time, but then gives in and starts again.”

“climb⟳ stairs two at a time”

“The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge⟳ Short and two other ladies to call⟳ at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.”

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