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the shape of things to come

Definition

the form or style that is likely to develop or be popular in the future: I hope the fashions pictured in this magazine are not the shape of things to come.Predicting things and intuition
(Definition of the shape of things to come from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)