offingnoun
uk/ˈɒf.ɪŋ/us/ˈɑː.fɪŋ/in the offing
likely to happen soon:
With an election in the offing, the prime minister is keen to maintain his popularity.
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About to happen
- (just) around the corner idiom
- about
- at hand idiom
- be on the point of (doing) sth idiom
- be ready to roll idiom
- beckon
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- in the air idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- in-store
- loom
- looming
- ready
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
- threshold
- wait in the wings idiom
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