get anywhere

idiom

: to make progress
used in negative statements and in questions
Are you getting anywhere?
We're working hard but we don't seem to be getting anywhere.

Examples of get anywhere in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Flagstaff and Williams were forecast to receive 9 to 13 inches of snow, Kachina Village and Munds Park were expecting 9 to 15 inches of snow, and Forest Lakes, near Show Low, could get anywhere from 13 to 19 inches. Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 6 Feb. 2024 The Oura Ring, for context, can get anywhere between three to five days in our testing; the Ultrahuman Ring Air lasts roughly four days. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 26 Feb. 2024 Yet, the oceanic crust that makes up a majority of the planet's surface doesn't get anywhere near as well. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024 And Drone-Defenses Is The Ultimate T-62 Samsung Documents Confirm Innovative Galaxy Z Fold 6 Upgrade Part of being authentic is working with this reality, argues Hall, and bringing something to the relationship your colleagues cannot get anywhere else: more meaning at work. Sally Percy, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 More could be coming Jan. 25, 2024 As the storm moves across the state, the Sierra are also expected to record significant snowfall, and the Southern California mountains above 5,000 feet could get anywhere from a few inches to more than a foot in higher elevations. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024 To actually get anywhere, the cilia all have to beat together in a coordinated fashion. Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023 While there is $700 billion in investment dollars available for renewables, that figure must be doubled to get anywhere near net zero. John Kell, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023 The Sackler family members used Purdue’s bankruptcy to cut a deal with some of those victims and survivors and others—a deal the Sacklers couldn’t get anywhere else. Libby Lewis, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023

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“Get anywhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20anywhere. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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