a matter/question of time
used when you think that something will happen at some point in the near future:
If you keep on driving like that, it'll only be a matter of time before you have an accident.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In the future & soon
- ahead
- all in good time idiom
- anon
- ASAP
- be
- come
- in the fullness of time idiom
- in the long run idiom
- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- later
- long
- long-range
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or later idiom
- the days/week(s)/year(s) to come idiom
- then
- tomorrow
- yet
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