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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Example Sentences

To participate in everyday life—to buy things and go places—we pay for it with privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

“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

“You could tell by the way he approached things that that’s a driven young dude that really wants to go places,” said RIG head coach Robert Johansson.

From The Wall Street Journal

“She’s beloved and she has worked for that. And that was also important for this because I’m asking the viewer to go places with this character that get quite dark, that get uncomfortable.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Related Words

• accelerate
• achieve
• move up
• progress
• promote
• propel
• speed
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