go places

phrase

: to be on the way to success

Examples of go places in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some kids come into this life and catch all the breaks and start making money and going places and radiating confidence and functionality and the world opens right up to them. — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Their money could go places that banks’ deposit funding couldn’t, especially after post-2008 regulations. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for go places

• atlases
• atpases
• birthplaces
• bookcases
• briefcases
• carcases
• disgraces
• displaces
• embraces
• erases
• replaces
• shoelaces