the place to be
Where everyone gathers
The place to be is wherever the action, excitement, or desirable people are at a given moment.
It suggests a location that's fashionable, popular, or simply where something important is happening: Miami was the place to be in the eighties.
The phrase often carries social cachet—being at the place to be means you're in the know.
- hot spotArea of intense activity
- where it's atCurrent focal point
- city centerUrban area's main district
- Sundance Film FestivalAnnual indie cinema gathering
- beachSandy waterside margin
Times Square · party · concert · Silicon Valley · in crowd · VIP section · national park · good vibes · mountain retreat · success · bucket list · Rio Carnival · tropical island · flow state · family reunion · inner peace · wedding reception · mindfulness
the place to benowhere
Not at any place
the sticks · no-man's-land · the boonies · dead zone · passé
the place to belifeless
Devoid of animation
stagnant · dead zone · ghost town · morgue · graveyard
the place to behas-been
Former notable, now irrelevant
yesterday's news · over · played out · passé · out of fashion
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