go places


Make progress, succeed, as in I suspect they'll be going places with the new product, or Now that she has her doctorate I'm sure she'll go places. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

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How to use go places in a sentence

  • She wouldn't have to pay attention to the detestable Dobson; and she always loved to go places with father.

    Missy | Dana Gatlin
  • Hal and Mab just loved to go places with Daddy, to learn about the birds, trees and flowers.

  • I'm not sure what I'll do, but—well, I want to go places and see people.

    Flappers and Philosophers | F. Scott Fitzgerald