the place to be
idiom
: a place where many people go and where exciting things happen
This bar is the place to be on Saturday nights.
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Investment in robust e-commerce logistics infrastructure makes its online storefront the place to be as management works to aggressively decrease delivery times and reduce overall costs.
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Sounds From Japan: Elysium is the place to be on Friday with Sounds From Japan, a night lineup featuring Yokohama singer-songwriter ASOBOiSM, Tokyo sisters tamanaramen, DJ trio Tokyo de nou, Neo-soul five-piece Luv from Osaka, Nagoya three-piece Metome and experimental rock duo Paris death Hilton.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
There were the courtside seats that suddenly skyrocketed in price but became the place to be on game nights for the brightest stars in a community that ran, and still runs, on star power.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
Downtown Indianapolis could be the place to be this weekend — or the place to avoid, depending on your plans.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 22 May 2025
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Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Sounds From Japan: Elysium is the place to be on Friday with Sounds From Japan, a night lineup featuring Yokohama singer-songwriter ASOBOiSM, Tokyo sisters tamanaramen, DJ trio Tokyo de nou, Neo-soul five-piece Luv from Osaka, Nagoya three-piece Metome and experimental rock duo Paris death Hilton.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
There were the courtside seats that suddenly skyrocketed in price but became the place to be on game nights for the brightest stars in a community that ran, and still runs, on star power.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 June 2025
Downtown Indianapolis could be the place to be this weekend — or the place to avoid, depending on your plans.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 22 May 2025
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“The place to be.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20place%20to%20be. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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