single file

single file

1. noun A line one person or one thing in width. A single file of geese—such an unusual flight pattern for the bird—crossed overhead as we traversed the field. I arranged all the figurines in a single file.
2. adverb In such a line. The students lined up and walked single file into the auditorium. Cyclists are reminded to please ride single file on roads to avoid obstructing traffic.
See also: file, single
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

single file

a line of things or people, one person or one thing wide. (See also in single file.) Please get into single file. You have to march single file.
See also: file, single
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

(in) single/Indian ˈfile

in a line, one person after another: The whole class walked along behind the teacher in single file.When American Indians walked in a group, each person walked in the footsteps of the person in front so that they could not be counted by the enemy.
See also: file, Indian, single
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • cooking for one
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • 1FTR
  • except for one thing
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Single File has received glowing reviews from friends and family.
Ewelina Dragun: Telling kids to walk in single file without talking isn't the way to teach them respect.
Chroma Flash lets your phone take two photos--one with flash and one without--in rapid succession, combining them into a single file for a better overall pic.
Let's start with single file delivery to desktops, notebooks, and mobile devices.
Considering the amounts of apically extruded debris and irrigant, the single file rotary instrumentation system, with the relatively small amounts of apically extruded debris and irrigant and short preparation time, might be preferable and should be investigated in clinical use.
The slats provide end-transfer of small cartons and packages or side-transfer of small bottles and containers--either in a single file or in mass.
It's also said to ease the burden on the IT department through out-ofthe-box functionality without having to move a single file and without the need for migration, custom coding or integration, says VirtualWorks.
3.3.1 Selected variables: single file and single thread
The men arrived around 9 am, moving in a single file and lined up tight against the metal fence guarding the main entrance of the Parliament, alongside the police cordon located behind the fence.
It gives people the ability to manage frontlist, backlist, and long tail titles from a single source, using a single file, and a single order process.
And this is how we come to her door, single file, no one anxious to go in front of the other, as in all her beauty she slips out a window, shinnies down the drainpipe, gone.
Single file endo concept is said to require a minimum or no glide path and only a single file for complete instrumentation for majority of root canals.
STOP standing in single file at McDonalds, at ATMs, or in clothes stores when there are multiple cashiers
The new WaveOneTM NiTi file from DENTSPLy Maillefer is a SINGLE use, SINGLE file system to completely shape the root canal from start to finish.
It is proposed to switch off the existing traffic lights and funnel the traffic through the junction in single file in each direction.