Offing /(ŏf"ĭng; 115)/

Off·ing

Offing

n.
  1. That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.

Phrases & Compounds
in the offing
coming; arriving in the foreseeable future.