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go places

Idioms  
  1. 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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Unable to get her to go places that I would enjoy as much as her, I started going by myself.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

“This is a very abnormal job, that you don’t get a chance to go places, look around, make decisions, maybe start in four months or something when you relocate,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

"There's all kind of triggers. Photographs. When I go places, I remember Jennie doing this, Gregg doing that. But luckily most of them are happy memories."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024

I tell young people all the time to go places.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024

At first I was flattered to go places with her because she was a golf champion and every one knew her name.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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