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单词 in ones and twos
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in ones and twos

phrase [PHRASE with cl]
You can use in ones and twos to indicate that people do things or something happens gradually and in small groups.
They lose interest and start drifting away in ones and twos.
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Examples of 'in ones and twos' in a sentence
in ones and twos

Often people come out in ones and twos to watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
They also grow in ones and twos on roadside banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Last week they arrived in ones and twos.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You don't find them in herds, only in ones and twos or small groups.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Butterflies are still about in ones and twos, but not in great clouds.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Bright yellow leaves are falling in ones and twos from the hornbeams.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Dopers tend to get exposed in ones and twos, not in hordes like this.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They arrive in ones and twos, and sometimes in flocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They come not in ones and twos, but by the hundred.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They stop to feed in ones and twos over lakes and reservoirs, but they do not hover and dive for fish like the other terns.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
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