on the trot
Prepositional phrase
  1. (Britain, idiomatic, informal) Successively, in succession; one after the other.
    Synonyms: in a row
    We played five gigs on the trot.
  2. (idiomatic, informal) Continually busy.
    I've been on the trot all day.
  3. (UK, 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 […]



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