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in the pipeline

in the pipeline prepositional phrase: scheduled to occur in the future.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Scheduled to occur in the future.
    • Last time I remember, I was chillin' like a villain. I had me a girl, couple a hot gigs, stuff in the pipeline that was going to bring da house down.2009, H. M. Naqvi, Home Boy - A Novel, page 111
    • The State Department said that there were 17,000 SIV applicants in the pipeline when President Joe Biden took office.2021 August 22, Jennifer Hansler, “Blinken defends handling of program to help Afghans who helped US”, in CNN

Questions about in the pipeline

What does in the pipeline mean?
In the pipeline means scheduled to occur in the future.
What part of speech is in the pipeline?
In the pipeline is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the pipeline in the dictionary

  1. in the pay of
  2. in the person of
  3. in the picture
  4. in the pink
  5. in the pink of health
  6. in the pipeline
  7. in the pocket
  8. in the pocket of someone
  9. in the post
  10. in the process
  11. in the process of

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