down the pike

== English == === Etymology === From pike, short for turnpike (“toll expressway”). === Verb === come down the pike (third-person singular simple present comes down the pike, present participle coming down the pike, simple past came down the pike, past participle come down the pike) (chiefly US, of an event, thing, person) To emerge, come up; be about to happen; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself). ==== Synonyms ==== come down the line come down the road