down the road
In the future
Down the road means later in time or further along in a process: We'll deal with that problem down the road.
The phrase treats time as a journey, with future events lying ahead on the path.
It can also mean literally farther along a road: There's a gas station down the road about two miles.
- eventuallyAt a later time
- futureTime still to come
- laterAt a subsequent time
- soonIn brief time
- coming upArriving in near future
years from now · not far off · consequences · before long · path · by and by · someday · journey · in due course · long term · destiny · sooner or later · horizon · tomorrow · opportunity · forthcoming · afterward · timeline
- distance phrasesstone's throw, arm's length, within reach, far away, nearby
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- future talkgoing to, will do, coming soon, up next, eventually
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left