somewhere along the line
At some point. Jonathan and I started out as friends at school, and somewhere along the line we fell in love.
somewhere along the line
At some point in time, as in Somewhere along the line I'm sure I climbed that mountain. [Mid-1900s]
somewhere, etc. along/down the ˈline
at some particular moment or stage during something: ‘How did it happen?’ ‘I don’t know. I just know that somewhere along the line we stopped loving each other.’The report looks at where the market is heading and what we can expect further down the line.