go anywhere
idiom
1
: to make progress : become more successful
—used in negative statements
His career isn't going anywhere.
2
: to produce any useful results
—used in negative statements
It seemed like a good idea, but it never went anywhere.
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Whether those proposals can go anywhere remains to be seen.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
This version doesn’t go anywhere that the original didn’t.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That has meant for us in the store: no more oldies—just really good clothes, really exciting and successful clothes that can go anywhere, and which can be worn every day.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Working from a story about a rag-tag crew of makeshift pirates bouncing between solar systems, searching for home and adventure at once, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford’s fantasy series can seemingly go anywhere and do anything.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
This version doesn’t go anywhere that the original didn’t.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That has meant for us in the store: no more oldies—just really good clothes, really exciting and successful clothes that can go anywhere, and which can be worn every day.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Working from a story about a rag-tag crew of makeshift pirates bouncing between solar systems, searching for home and adventure at once, Jon Watts and Christopher Ford’s fantasy series can seemingly go anywhere and do anything.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Go anywhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20anywhere. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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