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down the line

down the line prepositional phrase: further along, in terms of time or progress.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress.
    • They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the line they ran into problems with reliability.
    • Southgate's side cast off the clouds of dread that have come over England in penalty shootouts in the past, a psychological lift that may yet help them further down the line.2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms of down the line

Questions about down the line

What does down the line mean?
Down the line means further along, in terms of time or progress.
What part of speech is down the line?
Down the line is a prepositional phrase.

Words near down the line in the dictionary

  1. down the drain
  2. down the gurgler
  3. down the hatch
  4. down the house
  5. down the khazi
  6. down the line
  7. down the middle
  8. down the pan
  9. down the plughole
  10. down the road
  11. down the road, not across the street

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