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

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.

From BBC

"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."

From BBC

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.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

And so it’s not like I’m trying to get somewhere.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• advance