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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If anyone has to attend one film festival in the Nordics in the calendar year, then Göteborg is the place to be!
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Annika Pham, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
The pop star has been spotted dining at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s exclusive members club several times with various friends, cementing Chez Margaux’s standing as the place to be seen.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Zurbarán’s touching canvas of a beatific sheep with curly white hair; his poetic and exquisitely crafted still lifes, featuring crystalline vessels and pieces of fruit; and his great religious paintings—with works such as these only two hours from Paris, Lyon is the place to be.
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
This weekend, Miami is the place to be for all of Bravo's biggest fans as some of the network's biggest stars are gathered together for a day filled with panels, photo-ops and fun activities.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Annika Pham, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
The pop star has been spotted dining at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s exclusive members club several times with various friends, cementing Chez Margaux’s standing as the place to be seen.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Zurbarán’s touching canvas of a beatific sheep with curly white hair; his poetic and exquisitely crafted still lifes, featuring crystalline vessels and pieces of fruit; and his great religious paintings—with works such as these only two hours from Paris, Lyon is the place to be.
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
This weekend, Miami is the place to be for all of Bravo's biggest fans as some of the network's biggest stars are gathered together for a day filled with panels, photo-ops and fun activities.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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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 18 Jan. 2025.
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