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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 More results

? References in classic literature

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

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