Antonyms for go places

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pleys

Phonetic Transcription : pleɪs

Definition of go places

Origin : c.1200, "space, dimensional extent, room, area," from Old French place "place, spot" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin placea "place, spot," from Latin platea "courtyard, open space; broad way, avenue," from Greek plateia (hodos) "broad (way)," fem. of platys "broad" (see plaice).
Replaced Old English stow and stede. From mid-13c. as "particular part of space, extent, definite location, spot, site;" from early 14c. as "position or place occupied by custom, etc.; position on some social scale;" from late 14c. as "inhabited place, town, country," also "place on the surface of something, portion of something, part," also, "office, post." Meaning "group of houses in a town" is from 1580s.
Also from the same Latin source are Italian piazza, Catalan plassa, Spanish plaza, Middle Dutch plaetse, Dutch plaats, German Platz, Danish plads, Norwegian plass. Wide application in English covers meanings that in French require three words: place, lieu, and endroit. Cognate Italian piazza and Spanish plaza retain more of the etymological sense.
To take place "happen" is from mid-15c. To know (one's) place is from c.1600; hence figurative expression put (someone) in his or her place (1855). Place of worship attested from 1689, originally in official papers and in reference to assemblies of dissenters from the Church of England. All over the place "in disorder" is attested from 1923.

As in journey : verb travel
As in prevail : verb dominate, control
As in prosper : verb be fortunate; succeed
As in rise : verb progress in business
As in peregrinate : verb journey
As in advance : verb move something forward, often quickly

Example sentences :

I knew just enough about his work to go places for him and save his time.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

It makes me itch to get up on ma hind legs an' do things, go places.
Extract from : « One Man's Initiation--1917 » by John Dos Passos

I go places merely because, for one reason or another, they attract me.
Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton

I go places merely because for one reason or another they attract me.
Extract from : « Americans All » by Various

We've decided that we'd better not go places together any more or see each other.
Extract from : « Americans All » by Various

But let's not sit here twiddling our thumbs—let's go places and do things.
Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith

I'm not sure what I'll do, but—well, I want to go places and see people.
Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I go to bed in the dark and go places by myself or anything.
Extract from : « Captain June » by Alice Hegan Rice

She'd have to dress up and give dinners, and go places and dance and meet cheerful people, and—well, who knows?
Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes

I mean, a remit like as slaves, to sell anythin' an' to go places, or do anythin'.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration

Synonyms for go places

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