"in due course" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

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  1. When the time is right; presently; eventually. Translations (when the time is right): te zijner tijd (Dutch), post iom da tempo (Esperanto), aikanaan (Finnish), au moment voulu (French), en temps voulu (French), le moment venu (French), en temps utile (French), en temps et en heure (French), nāwai rā (Maori), nāwai nāwai (Maori), we właściwym czasie (Polish), в своё вре́мя (v svojó vrémja) (english: timely) (Russian), до́лжным о́бразом (dólžnym óbrazom) (english: properly, duly) (Russian), своевре́менно (svojevrémenno) (english: timely) (Russian), zavčasu (Slovak), zavčas (Slovak), včasne (Slovak), i sinom tid (Swedish)
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