go far

phrase

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

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Unfortunately, in a mounting number of cases these bots or agents have engaged in harmful behaviors their designers say go far beyond the instructions given to them, such as hacking into a rival company or government computer system. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026 Eco effort Inkaterra's core proposition is a care and value for the environment—trust that your stay is built to have a small (negative, even) carbon footprint, with efforts that go far beyond encouraging you to reuse a towel. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 That certainty pushed them to do things unwise probably doesn’t go far enough to describe. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Randy Spivey, one of Pike’s attorneys, said the governor’s call for a review of the execution protocol doesn’t go far enough. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 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 18 Oct. 2026.

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