Down the line
In order and down the line are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In order" instead an adverb phrase "Down the line".
In order
In order adjective - In a state of proper readiness or preparation or arrangement.
Down the line and in order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down the line" instead an adverb phrase "In order".
Both terms in one sentence
- Ashnard in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance killed his father and everyone who was ahead of him in order to get the throne of Daein, starting from fairly far down the line of succession.
Source: Unexpected Successor - Partially inverted in the time of Louis the Sun King in France, when any family with ten or more children was tax-exempt in order to boost the population for more soldiers a generation down the line.
Source: Population Control -
A lot of prisons have policies (official or unofficial) that forbid guards from having non-work conversations while on duty in order to prevent this, because any personal information an inmate can glean could be used against the guard down the line.
Source: Shame If Something Happened
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