in store
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4.1
- idiom
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por venir
- I have some great plans in store.
- a surprise in store
- hold in store
- changes in store
This is what God had in store for me.
- This is what God had in store for me.
- What the world has in store for you, first of all, would be relax.
- If only you knew what was in store for you keep doing you.
- This can't be what life has in store for me.
- I want what fate has in store for me.
- We have a special design by Drew in store for you.
- And I have some other stuff in store.
- So I hope you enjoyed seeing what our trip had in store for us.
- Then I, I, there must be something better in store for me.
- What do you think the future of this discussion has in store?
- Let's see, you know, what, what's what's in store there?
- And know this, I see an amazing love story in store for you.
Examples
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So we'll see what, you know, what God has in store for me.
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So I hope you enjoyed seeing what our trip had in store for us.
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This is what God had in store for me.
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But I do have another treat in store for you.
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Little did I know what was in store for us.
Fiction book (2002) -
Come with me by all means, and we will see what fate has in store for us.
Fiction book (2001) -
Before we kick off this last round, there is a surprise in store for the loser.
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And I'm just so excited for what we have in store for the future.
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You've got so much happiness in store for you, honey.
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I'm excited to see what surprises are in store for us during our vacation.
Synonyms
37
5.1
Something likely to cause trouble soon
7
3.0
Fully prepared and available to begin or help right away
Ready and available for use or action
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'waiting to happen or be experienced' is partially derivable from 'in' + 'store' if a learner understands 'store' as a reserve or something kept for later; this gives a metaphorical sense of something 'held for you'. However, many B1 learners mainly know 'store' as a shop and the mapping from a physical reserve to future events is somewhat idiomatic and collocational, so prior exposure helps.
Etymology
In store comes from the idea of goods kept in a shop for customers. If something is kept in the store, it is ready and waiting, so the phrase now means 'waiting to happen' or 'in readiness for someone in the future'.