along the road

Meaning

1. (further) along / down the road

   at some time in the future

   There are certain to be more job losses further down the road.

In the movies · 49

• because all you see is every negative thing ten miles down the road.Good Will Hunting1997
• Maybe down the road you should look into it.Broadcast News1987
• To ease their passage along the road to war.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• "A step along the road to unleashing a thermo-nuclear war."X-Men: First Class2011
• I saw him walking along the dark roadThe Transporter2002
• six of our northern garrisons along the Silk RoadMulan2020
• I need a picket line along the GT highway and men spaced at intervals along the road and at every exit.Zero Dark Thirty2012
• He's stalled someplace along the road right now, probably.Key Largo1948

Learn it in full scenes

• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

From the same entry

• any road
• one for the road
• on the road
• the road to hell is paved with good intentions
• the end of the line
• hit the road
• kick the can down the road
• where the rubber meets the road
• get the show on the road

More idioms

• at long last
• don't sweat it
• from day one
• go your own way
• take your mind off
• break the news
• on the ball
• go all the way
• a blast from the past
• a show of hands
• come out of your shell
• from the word go