on the trot

== English == === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === on the trot (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic, informal) Successively, in succession; one after the other. Synonyms: in a row, on the spin, on the bounce (idiomatic, informal) Continually busy. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) on the run; fleeing 2001, 26 July, Liverpool Echo, "Man is jailed for '80s killing" The former South London publican admitted at the Old Bailey that he "went on the trot" on Christmas Day, 1986 following a brawl at a party […] ==== References ==== “trot1, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.