going places
Destined for success
Going places describes someone showing promise or making progress toward success.
The phrase implies momentum and upward trajectory in a career or life: That young lawyer is really going places.
It can also be used literally for travel, but the figurative sense dominates: With talent like that, she's going places.
- journeyTravel from place to place
- road tripExtended pleasure drive
- progressMovement toward improvement
- successFavorable outcome attained
- making wavesCausing noticeable disruption
advancement · potential · prospects · ambition · wanderlust · jet setter · ticket to ride · driven · determination · promise · thriving · bright future · up-and-coming · road · station · opportunity · destined · achievement
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- momentumbuilding momentum, gain traction, gaining traction, gaining steam, gather steam
going placesgoing nowhere
Lacking progress or direction
stagnating · stuck in a rut · spinning one's wheels · dead-end · treading water
going placesgoing nowhere fast
Futile effort despite activity
aimless · directionless · unmotivated · adrift · coasting
going placesdead in the water
Unable to proceed further
hopeless case · lost cause · written off · past one's prime · over the hill
place, gone, replace, going, places, placed, placement, goes, replacement