flash forward

flash forward

1. verb To depict future events, as in a book, TV show, or movie. The show then flashes forward to connect the present and the future.
2. noun A scene or instance in a book, TV show, or movie that depicts future events. In this usage, the phrase is often hyphenated or written as one word. The show makes use of flash-forwards to connect the present and the future.
See also: flash, forward
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flash forward

v.
To undergo a change of scene to a future point in time as a narrative device: The first scene of the movie shows a boy playing with a ball, and then the next scene flashes forward to the character's adulthood.
See also: flash, forward
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • see no further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
  • see no further than the end of nose
  • in future
  • in the future
  • in the short run
  • tell fortunes
  • the shape of things to come
  • in the foreseeable future
  • for the foreseeable future
  • foreseeable
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