down the road

phrase

: in or into the future

Examples of down the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The charming downtown Banff is about two miles down the road; the hotel offers a free shuttle into town every 30 minutes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

The first practical transformer was switched on about 15 miles down the road, in 1886, when William Stanley lit stores and offices lining Great Barrington’s Main Street. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

That shift could give bio-repair gels and serums a much bigger role in dental care down the road, especially as researchers learn how to work with the body’s own minerals and repair processes rather than just covering up the damage. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Asked about Comcast’s plan to spin out NBCUniversal and whether Versant would ever consider a reunion with NBCU down the road, Lazarus hedged a bit. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 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