Meanings
- In gradual stages.
Rather than tackling the entire project at once, work on each assignment piece by piece.
1 more example
When the war with Japan broke out the F.M.S.R. had a busy time, but it could not make up for the lack of other communications or for general shortage of military equipment, so, piece by piece, it fell into Japanese hands.
1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 705Synonyms: bit by bit, little by little
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseIn gradual stages.
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piece by piece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piece%20by%20piece
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