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go places

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go places

to become very successful. I knew that Sally, with all her talent, would go places. I really want to go places in life.

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go places

to become very successful The first time we heard her play the violin, we knew she would go places.

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go places

to become very successful (never in simple past tenses) He was such a gifted musician, I always knew he would go places.

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go places

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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