Come Down The Pike Meaning
(idiomatic, of an event, thing, person) To emerge, come up; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself).
Example: 1902, Ralph Henry Barbour, Behind the Line, ch. 11:
"[T]hey're the finest football leaders that ever came down the pike."
1949 Nov. 14, "Art: Many Ways," Time (retrieved 6 July 2014):
Alfred Stieglitz was the best photographer ever to come down the pike.
2014 May 26, Amy Verner, "Trends: From Humble Sneaker to Luxury Icon," New York Times (retrieved 6 July 2014):
“For me, it's a harbinger of larger cultural changes coming down the pike.â€
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