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tandem
noun
    1. A type of long three-wheeled bicycle for two people, with two seats and two sets of pedals placed one behind the other.
    2. A team of two horses harnessed one behind the other, or a carriage drawn by it.
    3. Any two people or things which follow one behind the other.
adverb
    1. One behind the other, especially on a bicycle, or with two horses harnessed one behind the other.
      Thesaurus: back to back, single file, behind, in sequence, sequentially, in order.
Idiom: in tandem
    With one behind the other.
    Together or in partnership.
Etymology: 18c: a pun on Latin tandem, meaning ‘at length' or ‘at last'.



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