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down the line

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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.
See also: line

down the line (spoken)
in the future down the road Waiting even a year to put money into your retirement account can make a big difference down the line.
See also: 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.
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.
And the commander, turning to look at the adjutant, directed his jerky steps down the line.
 
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