- 1row (of somebody/something) a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line a row of trees We sat in a row at the back of the room. The vegetables were planted in neat rows.
- 2a line of seats in a movie theater, etc. Let's sit in the back row. Our seats are five rows from the front.
- 3a complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet
- 4Row used in the name of some roads Park Row
- 5[usually singular] an act of rowing a boat; the period of time spent doing this We went for a row on the lake. see death row, skid row Idioms
- 1if something happens several times in a row, it happens in exactly the same way each time, and nothing different happens in the time between This is her third win in a row.
- 2if something happens for several days, etc. in a row, it happens on each of those days Inflation has fallen for the third month in a row.
to have made all the preparations needed to do something; to be well organized The company has its ducks in a row for a move into the Asian market. Get your ducks in a row before you retire.
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