go places

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

"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

My husband gets anxious when I go places.”

From Los Angeles Times

“There was a humanity in his characters that helped it feel universal. He was a great observer of the world and I think he managed to capture the essence of something that you didn’t really tackle in traditional telenovelas. And he threaded it with humor, which allowed him to go places you wouldn’t normally go.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I will just go places and align with people and go, ‘Here I am.

From Los Angeles Times

I tell young people all the time to go places.

From New York Times

Related Words

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