get somewhere

1. Make progress. For example, The foundation has been laid, so we're finally getting somewhere. Also see get nowhere; get there.

Example Sentences

San Francisco could get somewhere between 1 inch to 2.5 inches of rain.

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To best view the eclipse, get somewhere ahead of 19:30 with as clear a view of the horizon as possible so that you can see the Moon as soon as it rises.

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"The actual swelling got bigger and bigger and then I was trying to get somewhere to get my life sorted out and find out what it was. It was too late."

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The only way to get somewhere in life was to please the male gaze as an object of desire, to give birth, and have sex.

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This is different comedy than what you might get somewhere else.

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