somewhere along the line

Idioms  

1. At some point in time, as in Somewhere along the line I'm sure I climbed that mountain. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

But somewhere along the line, economics was all but consumed by math, and things everybody had always known—that humans are fickle, emotional, bad at reasoning, captives of their prior mistakes, etc.—were forgotten or cast aside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

But somewhere along the line, the relationship broke down.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

But then, somewhere along the line, that changed.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2023

Second, you have to plan to be somewhere along the line of totality to see the total solar eclipse — if you're not, you'll only see a partial solar eclipse.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023

We didn’t keep track of time at Thurmond in the usual way; I recognized seasons passing, but somewhere along the line I had stopped trying to mark it.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken