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go places

To progress or find success in some area of one's life. Alice is definitely going to go places with that singing voice of hers. Well, he graduated from Harvard Business School, so you know he's going places in life. You're so bright that I always knew you would go places in life.
See also: go, place
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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.
See also: go, place
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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]
See also: go, place
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

go places

1 travel. 2 be increasingly successful. informal
2 1991 Francis King The Ant Colony Guido is going to go places, I'm sure of it. He's not going to be a labourer forever.
See also: go, place
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ˈgo places

(informal) be successful or likely to be successful in your life or job: If you’re young, energetic and want to go places, write to this address and we’ll send you a job application form. ♢ He’s a young architect who’s really going places.
See also: go, place
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