down the road
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Further along, in terms of time or progress.
prep_phrase
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, road.
Example Sentences
- "They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the road they ran into problems with reliability."
- "Sometimes I go to the bars and see these kids and think about the meaninglessness and the emptiness that they'll be feeling five or six years down the road when they're tired of partying."
- "Ten years down the road: car giant foresees the non-polluting, accident-proof saloon [title]"
- "Although the precision medicine initiative will probably yield its greatest benefits years down the road, there should be some notable near-term successes."
- "Those dudes framed a full side wall a foot too high and it was clearly marked on the layout. They got sent down the road — and deserved it."
- "[…] not only did he observe Doran and Angle drinking beer during the lunch, but also he said right then to both, "Look don't do it in front of me. I just got up here. It's company policy, you know. Any other time you're going to be sent down the road.""