en route

en route

Currently traveling to someone or something. We're en route to the party and should be there in five minutes. It looks like the package is en route and should arrive today.
See also: en, route
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

en route

On or along the way, as in We'll pick up Dan en route to the restaurant, or We can finish our discussion en route. This French term was adopted into English in the late 1700s.
See also: en, route
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

en ˈroute

(from French) on the way; while travelling from/to a particular place: We stopped for a picnic en route. The bus broke down en route from Boston to New York.
See also: en, route
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • route
  • on the way
  • on your/the/its way
  • at the end of the line
  • end of the line
  • the end of the line
  • the end of the road/line
  • be the end of the road
  • head off at the pass
  • head someone or something off at the pass
References in periodicals archive
Figure 1 demonstrates the fact that horizontal en route flight efficiency depends on the difference between flight planned and actual distance (Kettunen et al.
Volkswagen has selected En Route's Flo, to be a part of their media strategy for the new Volkswagen Jetta campaign.
The automaker has chosen En Route's, Flo, a technologically advanced integrated embedded PC with a touch screen interface, strategically located in radio taxis, to be a part of its media strategy for the new Volkswagen Jetta campaign.
The en route care program developed for the Iraq theater of operations (ITO) ensured compliance with these principles, with special attention to continuity.
After developing and shelving four proposals for restructuring the center weather service units over the last 5 years, in July 2010, senior NWS and FAA officials agreed to continue the current center weather service units at each of the 21 en route centers through September 2011 and to take immediate steps to improve aviation weather services by (1) having the service units provide forecasts for 10 key FAA terminal radar facilities and (2) having nearby weather forecast offices support FAA's en route centers when the service units are closed for the night.
What you can't see is Jeppesen uses thin, lightweight paper for both its en route and approach charts, which the company's Web site says reduces on-board storage space while keeping weight as low as possible.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We believe three British nationals were on board the Parmir Airways flight en route from Kunduz to Kabul that has reportedly crashed in Afghanistan.
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TERPS guidance (FAA Order 8260.19 paragraph 855(g)(2) for those of you following along at home) says, "Where radar is the only method for procedure entry from the en route environment, enter the following: "Chart planview note: RADAR REQUIRED."
The presented research is based on en route flight phases which include climb, acceleration, cruise and descent flight phases.
International Resource News-20 October 2009-Fortress Minerals's LF-90 core drill and all support equipment en route to Malmyzh and Limonite projects(C)2009 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
After this time has passed, it could become impossible to locate the black box flight recorders and discover what happened to the Airbus A330 which crashed approximately four hours after taking off from Rio en route for Paris.
The bus was en route from the southeastern province of Batman to Istanbul.
Summary: Gunmen shot and injured an Egyptian policeman guarding a warehouse of goods seized en route to tunnels near the Gaza border, security sources said on Tuesday.
Popular Cathays pub Bar En Route closed last Wednesday and management fear it could be for the last time.