to-be

to-be
adj
that is going to be; about to become. - Used after the noun it modifies.

Bob kissed his bride-to-be.

The principal of the high school greeted the high school students-to-be on their last day in junior high.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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