To ask what you take the saying due course to mean

[Beatinghearts]

Just that really

In due course= it will go through the normal process (not be treated urgently)

Like 'in due course'? I take it to mean something will happen eventually but you can't speed it up.

in good time/sometime in the future when it's supposed to happen type thing?

Depends on the context really.

But I generally use it to say that I will come back to you once I have done what I need to do. I don't know how long that will take and I don't want to commit to an unrealistic timescale.

I usually say “in due course” when I can’t be bothered to commit to a specific time

It’s a good way of putting irritating work colleagues who ask for stuff to be done off for a bit

If you mean 'in due course '

When the time is appropriate, - I will send you that document in due course, ( because I don't have all the info now )

When the time is right.

Now in a minute

In due course means 'at some point' to me.

When I get around to it, or when it starts to get urgent.

Not any time soon.

I would take it to either mean "When the necessary process has taken place (e.g. "We'll send the cheque in due course, but it can take 5 days to process" or "When the time is right" (e.g. "We confirm your order the day before it's shipped, so we'll send you an email in due course") or "When it's your turn" (e.g. "I will respond to your letter in due course").

@AfterSchoolWorry

In due course= it will go through the normal process (not be treated urgently)

This

When all the necessary prerequisites have happened.

@goose1964

Now in a minute

By there.

that it will happen but it's rather low on the list of current priorities.

Depending on the context, I'd translate it as a "you are not ready or you are not as performing as you think you are".

It means when you stop nagging and let me do it in my own time which may be never.

In the usual sequence of events/at the appropriate time.

I don't think it means low priority, though, just that you've not got a fixed time. You could be triaged at A&E and told you'll be seen in due course; you could be interviewing candidates and tell them they'll be informed if they were successful in due course. It won't mean you're not bothered, only that you're doing things in the proper order and you don't yet know how long it'll all take.

@JaneJeffer

It means when you stop nagging and let me do it in my own time which may be never.

I came on to say precisely this.

YABU. Google is a thing.

letmegooglethat.com/?q=due+course

It’s not really a saying. It’s more a phrase.

It means in the fullness of time, or after the proper process has been followed. So: something that will happen, but not urgently and likely not until other criteria are fulfilled.

What's the difference between a saying and a phrase?

@slashlover, that's a bit wanky - the OP might want to know what we think not what google thinks? There's an element of subjectivity.