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the shape of things to come

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

That is trendsetting and foreshadowing; pointing the way ahead.

Examples

“The Rohingya crisis is not an isolated tragedy – it’s the shape⟳ of things to come⟳ [title]”
“Few appreciated it at the time but with 40 years’ hindsight, Steven Lisberger’s sci-fi adventure Tron was the shape⟳ of things to come⟳: in cinema, in real life, and in virtual life.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

the shoe is on the other foot the shoemaker always wears the worst shoes the shoemaker's children go barefoot the shoemaker's son always goes barefoot the show must go on the sky fell in

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