down the line | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Further along, in terms of time or progress.They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, butdown the linethey ran into problems with reliability.2018July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, inBBC Sport‎[1]: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 furtherdown the line.2023November 4, Madhumita Murgia, Anna Gross, Cristina Criddle, “Summit exposes tensions over AI development despite emollient Chinese tone”, inFT Weekend, page12:The person said one of the reasons the Chinese had been so pliant in development of a joint position on AI governance was that “playing nice” and acting as a “responsible partner” could help foster conversations about relaxation of US trade barriers laterdown the line.

Examples:

EN: I going to take the skeeter down the line and park it in one of the joints.
ES: Iba a llevar las cosas al coche y aparcarlo.
EN: Hey, Bud. You seen Harry down the line?
ES: - Hola, Bud. ¿Has visto a Harry?
EN: If you see Dougan down the line tell him to report here at once.
ES: Si ves a Dougan, dile que se presente aquí de inmediato.
EN: Station several men down the line.
ES: coloque a varios hombres cercando el lugar.
EN: What's that mob coming down the line?
ES: ¿Qué es ese gentío que viene por ahí?
EN: It's been fifty-fifty down the line... and yet... now...
ES: Siempre lo compartíamos todo. Así que ahora...
EN: Go on down the line.
ES: Ve a la fila.
EN: - Well, a fella down the line... - Ah.
ES: - Bueno, hay un tipo que...
EN: The whole works, all the way down the line. You get it?
ES: Todo. ¿Me seguís?
EN: ─ No thanks. I just ate down the line.
ES: - No, gracias, ya he comido.
EN: I hope you get the breaks right down the line.
ES: Espero que consigas todo lo que te propongas. Siempre.
EN: About 90 miles down the line.
ES: A unas 90 millas.
EN: A little burgh about a hundred miles down the line.
ES: A un pueblecito a unas cien millas.
EN: And right on down the line to...
ES: Y hacia abajo... ¿Cómo te llamas?
EN: Help me push this heap down the line.
ES: Ayúdeme a empujar esta chatarra.

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