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to go places

English translation: to travel

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English term or phrase:to go places
Selected answer:to travel
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

13:57 Nov 5, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: to go places
What does "to go places" mean?
Does it mean "to go a place"?


Man: Hi.
Ticket Seller: Hi, can I help you?
Man: Yes, I want to go places. I want to travel.
Ticket Seller: Where do you want to travel?
Man: Downtown.
Ticket Seller: Downtown. That's not very far.


Thank you
rezaproz
Iran
Local time: 08:27
to travel
Explanation:
as it says afterwards

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except then they say they just want to go "downtown" which is certainly not considered to be either travelling or "going places"

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Note added at 22 mins (2020-11-05 14:20:17 GMT)
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this is how the ticket seller understands it.

with Covid-19 lockdowns in place some people might say this meaning they want (to be able to have) the freedom to move around a bit more but that is not the usual meaning at all.

"go places" also has a meaning of succeed in the world (but that would be a different context) https://www.lexico.com/definition/go_places

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 05:57
Grading comment
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +3to travel
Yvonne Gallagher
4 +3to travel/be successful
Eloise Taylor
5to go to more than one place
Anastasia Andriani


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to go to more than one place


Explanation:
to go to more than one place / destination

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example :
I want to go to New york, Boston and Philadelphia.


Anastasia Andriani
Indonesia
Local time: 11:57
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to travel/be successful


Explanation:
'go places' also has a meaning of being successful

I think the literal meaning here is to travel but that this choice of words was deliberate and the meaning of this phrase as to be successful is significant - 'I want to go places' sounds like more than just to literally travel, he really wants to do something with his life and contrasts with the only wanting to go downtown


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/go-places
Eloise Taylor
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: can't really see how the "successful" part fits here?//So why put it in heading if you "certainly wouldn't translate it like that"?// Sorry, but changing to disagree because "be successful" just isn't right HERE
9 mins
  -> I certainly wouldn't translate it as 'I want to be successful' but I thought this other meaning was worth bearing in mind as it sounds grander than 'I want to travel' in my opinion and I think this has been done deliberately
agree  Mark Robertson
24 mins
agree  Teangacha (X)
2 hrs
agree  Alina Ionas
2 hrs
neutral  philgoddard: I don't agree with "be successful" either.
4 hrs
agree  Britta Norris
1 day 1 hr
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to travel


Explanation:
as it says afterwards

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Note added at 9 mins (2020-11-05 14:07:00 GMT)
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except then they say they just want to go "downtown" which is certainly not considered to be either travelling or "going places"

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Note added at 22 mins (2020-11-05 14:20:17 GMT)
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this is how the ticket seller understands it.

with Covid-19 lockdowns in place some people might say this meaning they want (to be able to have) the freedom to move around a bit more but that is not the usual meaning at all.

"go places" also has a meaning of succeed in the world (but that would be a different context) https://www.lexico.com/definition/go_places

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Note added at 1 day 56 mins (2020-11-06 14:54:38 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 05:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 129
Grading comment
Thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I wish this asker would use Google.
29 mins
  -> Thanks! Yes, very easy to find
agree  Alina Ionas
2 hrs
  -> Thanks:-)
agree  Britta Norris
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks:-)
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