go far

idiom

: be very successful
She has a lot of talent. If she works hard, she should go far.

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The battle over whether Congress will be involved in cutting or changing federal agencies would go far beyond the Education Department. — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025 Options here go far beyond what's possible with the knobs atop the physical unit. — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025 But $2,500 wouldn’t go far toward paying assessments of $30,000 to $50,000, says David Kim, a community association attorney at the Boca Raton office of Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025 Even in the sectors covered by its policies, the Biden administration did not go far enough to support communities and labor. — Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go far

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“Go far.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20far. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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