in store
Coming down the pike
In store means awaiting or forthcoming—what the future holds: Who knows what's in store for us? , There's a surprise in store for you.
The phrase evokes goods kept in storage, ready to be revealed.
Often paired with have: Life has challenges in store for everyone.
- awaitingStaying until something arrives
- in the offingSoon to come about
- forthcomingSoon to appear
- just around the cornerVery close temporally
- approachingComing toward something
coming soon · impending · down the road · up ahead · arranged · foreseen · in the pipeline · ready · inventory · scheduled · eventual · in the cards · destined · looming · predicted · on the horizon · lying in wait · inevitable
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- anticipationanticipating, expectation, expectancy, expecting, awaiting
in storein the past
Previously occurred
over and done with · bygone · water under the bridge · past · done and dusted
in storeaverted
Prevented from occurring
ruled out · off the table · prevented · avoided · out of the question
store, stored, stores, storage, storing, storehouse, bookstore, storeroom, storefront