on the horizon

English

Prepositional phrase

on the horizon

1. (figuratively) Imminent.
   • 2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The goals and entertainment dried up after the break as Wales made a raft of substitutions but, with more meaningful challenges to come, a capacity crowd at the Stok Racecourse appreciated the bigger picture with Croatia on the horizon.

References

• “on the horizon”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “on the horizon” (US) / “on the horizon” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “on the horizon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “on the horizon”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “on the horizon” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.