"down the track" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-down the track.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: down the line, down the road Translations (further along, in terms of time or progress): 以後 (Chinese Mandarin), 以后 (yǐhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), matkan varrella (Finnish), plus tard (French), in der weiteren Entwicklung (German), im weiteren Verlauf (German), in der Folge (German), später (German), no futuro (Portuguese), mais para frente (Portuguese), yol boyunca (Turkish)
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          "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
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          "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
          "word": "mais para frente"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
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      "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
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      "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
      "word": "später"
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      "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
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      "sense": "further along, in terms of time or progress",
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