going places

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To 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, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   go far

2. To travel.