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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Down

Hi.
"Learn that life is full of bumps down the road."

What does 'down' mean?

Thanks in advance!
  

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"down the road" is an idiom. It is used to talk about the future and what may happen.

— Ivanhr

  • "down the road" is an idiom.
  • It is used to talk about the future and what may happen.
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"down the road" is an idiom. It is used to talk about the future and what may happen.
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down

?preposition
  • 1 from a higher to a lower point of.
  • 2 at a point further along the course of.
    ¦ along the course or extent of.
  • 3 throughout (a period of time).
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DOWN THE ROAD is an idiom; it means, literally, "along the road", or figuratively, "in the future".
UP or DOWN can be used with words like TOWN, the ROAD, the LINE, and so on, in various figurative ways.
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