down the road

phrase

: in or into the future

Examples of down the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And this little Piggy also has its own pub, just a short walk down the road to ensure some exercise before that first pint of Stroud Brewery ale. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

There’s also the chance, down the road, that his ability to make music in the same capacity could shift. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

That means drivers could potentially be on the hook for a payment down the road, experts said. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

And there’s rarely time to digest one controversy before the next one comes barreling down the road and smacks us in the mouth. — Bernard Goldberg, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for down the road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed