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Synonyms

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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“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

I’m very careful who I’m around, where I go, when I go places and when I stay home, and even thoughtful about what I say, because this is what’s been helping me,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

I would like to go places where I was going as a young kid, with them, without them needing to stop all the time and just enjoy the time with them.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

I tell young people all the time to go places.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

And I really felt that he and I were going to go places, because we had been able to interact up until the night of the incident.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

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