go places

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

go places (third-person singular simple present goes places, present participle going places, simple past went places, past participle gone places)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To make progress or achieve success.

   Synonym: go far

   • 2024 September 16, Jim Farber, “Herb Alpert’s 50th Album Is Here. What’s Kept Him Going Places?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Herb Alpert’s 50th Album Is Here. What’s Kept Him Going Places? [title]

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Translations

make progress

• Finnish: päästä pitkälle
• German: es zu was bringen, Erfolg haben, erfolgreich sein
• Russian: идти́ в го́ру impf (idtí v góru)

See also

• go a long way

Anagrams

• logspace