down the line

English

Prepositional phrase

down the line

(idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress.
They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the line they ran into problems with reliability.
- 2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Southgate's side cast off the clouds of dread that have come over England in penalty shootouts in the past, a psychological lift that may yet help them further down the line.

Synonyms

Translations

further along, in terms of time or progress

German: in der weiteren Entwicklung, im weiteren Verlauf, in der Folge, später (de)

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