English-Swedish translations for in a row

• i rad
  Det kommer att bli det tredje året i rad som bygger på principen n+3.It will be the third year in a row based on the n+3 principle.
  För fjortonde gången i rad har detta uttalande inte blivit verklighet.For the 14th time in a row, this statement has not materialised.
  Men de borde också förbli stabila 1999 för tredje året i rad.But they should remain stable in 1999 for the third year in a row.
• i sträck
  Ni har gett en manlig talare ordet fem gånger i sträck nu.You gave the floor to a man five times in a row.
  Det kommer att bli svårare att arrangera bussresor på samma sätt som för närvarande då bussförarna kan vara tillgängliga i mer än sex dagar i sträck.It will become more difficult to organise bus and coach journeys in the same way as at present, when drivers may make themselves available for more than six days in a row.

Definition of in a row

• successively, one after the other
• Placed in a straight line

Examples

• After making losses four years in a row, the manager knew she had to sack someone.
• Bottles of every type of alcohol they had were lined up in a row behind the bar.

Related words

• narrow-minded have a narrow outlook
• a drowning man will clutch at a straw
• by a narrow margin
• take up arms against a sea of sorrows
• throw a wrench into the works
• throw somebody a line
• throw a spanner in the works
• thrown a spanner in the works of
• throw somebody a lifeline