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in due course

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in due course and in due time; in good time; in the course of time; in time
in a normal or expected amount of time. The roses will bloom in due course. The vice president will become president in due course. I'll retire in due time. Just wait, my dear. All in good time. It'll all work out in the course of time. In time, things will improve.
See also: course, due

in due course  (slightly formal)
if you say that something will happen in due course, you mean that it will happen at a suitable time in the future You will receive notification of the results in due course.
See also: course, due

in due course (slightly formal)
after a certain period in due time They're working on the plan and will announce it in due course.
See also: course, due


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Prince Andrew for the second time asked the adjutant on duty to take in his name, but received an ironical look and was told that his turn would come in due course.
Possessed of these advantages, at starting, Windygates, nevertheless, went the road to ruin in due course of time.
In due course a legend arose of such circumstantiality that the wise historian would hesitate to attack it.
 
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