get somewhere

Meaning

1. 1

   informal

   to make progress in what you are doing

2. 2

   get somewhere / anywhere / nowhere

   to make some progress / no progress

   After six months' work on the project, at last I feel I'm getting somewhere.

In the movies · 54

• I tried to make sense out of it and got nowhere.Double Indemnity1944
• Now we're getting somewhere.Memento2000
• - Okay, now come on. - Now we're not gonna get anywhere fighting.12 Angry Men1957
• You should get somewhere safe, Fury.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• Walking, walking, trying to get somewhere.Hunt for the Wilderpeople2016
• I just need to get somewhere safe.The Purge2013
• Get sunburned somewhere embarrassingSonic the Hedgehog 22022
• We're getting somewhere.Se7en1995

Learn it in full scenes

• Double Indemnity1944
  • Walter Meets Phyllis
  • Neff Flirts With Phyllis
  • Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table

From the same entry

• somewhere around, between

More idioms

• sure enough
• anytime soon
• keep your mouth shut
• the only thing is
• even now
• get off back
• be even
• as it turned out
• made for other
• in future
• what is doing
• if you like