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go far

idiom

: be very successful
She has a lot of talent. If she works hard, she should go far.

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The congressional hopeful said reforms and defunding the federal agency won't go far enough. Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025 Diaz said the California incentive doesn’t go far enough. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, the union argues that the recommendations don’t go far enough to address what educators have described as a serious crisis impacting students and staff alike. Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025 Well, $5,000 isn't going to go far. Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go far

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“Go far.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20far. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.

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