Basically it means substituting one thing for another, a succession of one thing for another.
In another, a succession of women fall out the same window and shatter on impact — six in all, until the narrator gets bored with all these falling, shattering babushkas and wanders off.
This team have drowned in gloomy statistics of late, saddled by constant reminders of shoddy form through the calendar year or vulnerability at set pieces, and now forever fearful that a single defeat is to prove the prelude to another prolonged succession of them.
They have held jobs as management consultants and investment bankers (or both); one worked down a mine, another restructured a succession of companies.The four are quietly confident that their success will continue: "Stanford provides you with your global driver's licence," says one.
This racing game pits characters from the Minecraft universe against one another on a succession of blocky tracks.
One closeup after another, in quick succession, of plates of cheese blintzes — one plate, three plates — being scooped up and the plates left clean.
It was another in a succession of strong years for the N.H.L.: exciting play, soaring television ratings, record revenue and the fourth straight Stanley Cup finals between traditional hockey cities.
"George was another in a succession of 'maybe Sally will like this one.' He told me, 'I know he's a Republican, but at least he comes from a political family.' " "We went to the International Bar, kind of a hangout for people in the arts and people who write for the newspaper," she said.
They're joined by Michelle (Kylie Bunbury) and Kevin (Lamorne Morris), a couple since middle school and married since age nineteen, and Ryan Billy Magnussenn), an amiable lunkhead who habitually brings along yet another in a succession of glossy and non-bright young women.
