"on the trot" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the trot.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the trot, {{en-PP}} on the trot
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, informal) Successively, in succession; one after the other. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, idiomatic, informal Synonyms: in a row, on the spin, on the bounce
    Sense id: en-on_the_trot-en-prep_phrase-QU4KvP8q Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 4 35
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Continually busy. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-on_the_trot-en-prep_phrase-ZAQQkfN~
  3. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) on the run; fleeing Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang
    Sense id: en-on_the_trot-en-prep_phrase-l0c8kMMC Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English

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