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down the road/line/track
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(Definition of down the road/line/track from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- all in good time idiom
- anon adverb
- ASAP
- away adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- due adjective (EXPECTED)
- future adjective
- gonna
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- presently adverb (SOON)
- shortly adverb
- someday adverb
- sometime adverb
- soon adverb
- space noun (EMPTY PLACE)
- yet adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
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