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in store

in store prepositional phrase: in waiting; in readiness.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In waiting; in readiness.
    • He's got some bad news in store for us, judging from his mood.
    • There comes a time when one has to accept when fate has in store, when one passes on […] to pastures new, perhaps greener, and places oneself finally in the service of one who is greater than any of us.1984 December 17, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Party Games (Yes Minister)”, in Yes Minister, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
    Synonyms:
    lie ahead
  2. In a retail outlet.
    • We have great Christmas deals in store!

Synonyms of in store

Questions about in store

What does in store mean?
In store means in waiting; in readiness.
What part of speech is in store?
In store is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in store in the dictionary

  1. in steam
  2. in steed
  3. in step
  4. in stitches
  5. in stock
  6. in store
  7. in stride
  8. in style
  9. in succession
  10. in sum
  11. in summary

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