come down the pike

1. Appear, become prominent, as in He was the best writer to come down the pike in a long time. The noun pike here is short for “turnpike” or “road.” [Slang; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

Though trade friction would probably crimp the company’s exports, she wouldn’t talk about what may come down the pike.

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The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people and that's got to be based in principle, because if you're not rooted in principle, if all we are is listless vessels that's just supposed to follow … whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that's not going to be a durable movement.

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"Local elections officials are struggling in the current system. They have to deal with these constant changes that come down the pike, an environment of disinformation, low pay, long hours, and that's why we see a whole bunch of turnover in the system."

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"Given how Thomas teed up challenges to Obergefell v. Hodges, a whole lot worse could come down the pike," he said.

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So many of these catastrophic impacts from global heating that are projected to come down the pike, if we don't stop using fossil fuels, are really going to hit him and his generation.

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