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Synonyms

get somewhere

Idioms  
  1. Make progress. For example, The foundation has been laid, so we're finally getting somewhere. Also see get nowhere; get there.


Example Sentences

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"They did give me assurance like 'OK, it's not the end of the life, we'll help you and you'll get somewhere'," he says.

From BBC

"I couldn't even feel my hands on the last couple of greens, just hit the putt hoping it would get somewhere near the hole," he said.

From Barron's

“Akira, run! Get somewhere safe!” her dad yelled.

From Literature

Get somewhere safe, Akira’s dad had said.

From Literature

“It was harder for them early on, when we were moving so frequently, we didn’t have any control over it, we were just trying to get somewhere stable to be, and I think they were processing the loss when they were sad that we didn’t have our home,” Sanford said.

From Los Angeles Times