Meanings
verbgo places (third-person singular simple present goes places, present participle going places, simple past went places, past participle gone places)
present singular third person goes places · participle present going places · past went places · participle past gone places
- idiomaticintransitiveTo make progress or achieve success.
Herb Alpert’s 50th Album Is Here. What’s Kept Him Going Places? [title]
2024 September 16, Jim Farber, “Herb Alpert’s 50th Album Is Here. What’s Kept Him Going Places?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: go far
- To travel.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make progress or achieve success.
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Translations
Finnish päästä pitkälle
- päästä pitkällemake progress
German es zu was bringen, Erfolg haben
- es zu was bringenmake progress
- Erfolg habenmake progress
- erfolgreich seinmake progress
Russian идти́ в го́ру
- идти́ в го́ру (idtí v góru)make progress
Cite this entry
APA
go places. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20places
MLA
“go places.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20places. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go places,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20places.
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