English Explanatory Dictionary

come down the pike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To emerge, come up; be about to happen; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself).

Word forms

come down the pike comes down the pike coming down the pike came down the pike

Etymology

From pike, short for turnpike (“toll expressway”).

Synonyms

come down the line come down the road
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