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come down the pike

Today it means: To emerge, come up; be about to happen; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself). Full definition →

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From pike, short for turnpike (“toll expressway”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.