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down the line

if an event is a particular period of time down the line, it will not happen until that period of time has passed We'll probably want kids too but that's a few years down the line.

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He was engaged in knitting it about his throat with ex- quisite attention to its position, when the cry was repeated up and down the line in a muffled roar of sound. The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context All down the line I had kept an eye for suspicious characters with an eye upon me; but even my self-consciousness failed to discover one; and I reached my haven of peace, and of fresh fell air, feeling, I suppose, much like any other fool who has spent his money upon a white elephant. Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context And the commander, turning to look at the adjutant, directed his jerky steps down the line. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			dose doss down dot dot the/ i's and cross the/ t's dote on double double as double back double Dutch double over double up double-dipping double-talk doubt doubting Thomas doughnut dovetail with down and dirty down in the dumps down memory lane down on luck down South down the drain Down the hatch Down the hatch! down the line down the little red lane down the pike down the road down the street down the toilet down the tube down to a gnat 's eyebrow down to chili and beans down to the last detail down to the wire down tools down with a disease down-and-dirty down-at-heel down-home down-to-earth down-to-the-wire dozen draft draft for draft into drag drag away drag feet drag heels			Down Syndrome News and Update Down Syndrome Online Advocacy Group Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada Down Syndrome Partnership of Tarrant County Down Syndrome Research and Practice Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation Down Syndrome Research Foundation Down Syndrome Society of Baldwin County Down Syndrome Society of Rhode Island Down Syndrome Support Association of Southern Indiana Down Syndrome: Papers and Abstracts for Professionals Down the Bar Down the country down the drain down the drain down the drain down the drain down the drain Down The Garden Path down the gurgler Down the Hall down the hatch down the hatch down the hatch down the hatch down the hatch Down the hatch! Down The Hill Down The Hill Radio Down the Hole down the line down the little red lane Down the Middle down the pan down the pike Down the Rabbit Hole Down the Rail down the road down the road down the road down the road down the road down the road Down The Road Analysis Down the Shore Down the sound down the stairs Down the Street Down the Street Bead Show down the toilet down the tube down the tubes Down the wind Down Tick Down Tick Volume Down Ticks Down Time Tracking Module down to down to a gnat 's eyebrow Down to Attack

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