down the way
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Further along a southern direction or downhill route.
- They live just down the way.
- Down the way, the road's divided. Paint me the places you have seen. Those who know what I don't know refer to the yellow, red, and green.1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Maps and Legends”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:
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Later; at indeterminate point in the future.
- I plan to publish my novel somewhere down the way.
- Synonyms
- down the road
- Related terms
- up the way