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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Attracting everyone from sultans and princes to Charlie Caplin and Winston Churchill in its glory days, Impérial Palace is still the place to be more than a century later—and the views don’t get better than the top floor Imperial Suite, where a terrace shows off 360-degree vistas of Lake Annecy.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
Opportunity is growing, energy is building, and the message is clear: Fort Worth is the place to be.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
Both are beautiful, old-fashioned venues, but for colored trousers, panama hats and open-necked pink shirts, Queen’s has typically been the place to be.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 15 June 2025
While the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry took center stage on the baseball calendar, Detroit was the place to be this weekend.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
Opportunity is growing, energy is building, and the message is clear: Fort Worth is the place to be.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
Both are beautiful, old-fashioned venues, but for colored trousers, panama hats and open-necked pink shirts, Queen’s has typically been the place to be.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 15 June 2025
While the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry took center stage on the baseball calendar, Detroit was the place to be this weekend.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the place to be
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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 3 Jul. 2025.
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