(idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress.
Synonyms: down the line, down the track, later on
They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the road they ran into problems with reliability.
(slang) Dismissed; fired from one's employment.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, road.
There's a shop down the road that sells a few basic necessities.
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space. Douglas Adams
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. Karen Blixen
The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way. Confucius
If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. George W. Bush
If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter. Cliff Richard
The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing. Russell Banks