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Discover Ludwig"single file" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a line of people or objects arranged one after another, usually in a straight line, with each person or object behind the one in front. For example, "The second grade students walked down the hall single file."
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single file
noun
A line or queue one person wide.
synonyms
Exact(49)
Single file.
Single file, we started up.
It's often single file only.
We went up in single file.
They walked in spread-out single file.
They appeared single file, like ants.
Similar(11)
The students walk single-file in silence.
Your race begins with a slow, single-file pace lap.
The rebels headed off single-file along a jungle trail.
Students, called scholars, change classes in single-file lines.
The runners had to form a single-file line.
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