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in due course

Idioms  

  1. Also, in due course of time; in due time; in time; all in good time. After an appropriate interval, in a reasonable length of time. For example, In due course we'll discuss the details of this arrangement, or In due time the defense will present new evidence, or You'll learn the program in time, or We'll come up with a solution, all in good time. Chaucer used in due time in the late 1300s, and the other usages arose over the next few centuries. However, also see in good time for another meaning.

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A Treasury spokesperson thanked the OBR for its report and said a minister would respond "in due course".

From BBC

It added a report into the outbreak would be published in due course.

From BBC

In May, the government said it hoped in due course to review around 300 cases – including ones involving FKU tests – in which Greenlandic children were forcibly removed from their families.

From BBC

The two sides will meet again in Group A3 on Tuesday, 14 April, with an evening kick-off time to be announced in due course.

From BBC

"We will take time to carefully consider all the findings and respond in due course."

From BBC

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