go far

phrase

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

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The city’s effort to replenish the beach has been further stymied by lack of access — because the beach is so eroded, dump trucks can’t go far enough east to drop sand, Leland said. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 But some immigration advocates feel the reforms did not go far enough and have not been circulated widely. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026 For some, the potential release of thousands of prisoners doesn’t go far enough to repair the damage of their prolonged imprisonment. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 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 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 23 Oct. 2026.

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