aller loin

to go far; to make significant progress or achieve success

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phrase Common #6,479

to go far; to make significant progress or achieve success Often used figuratively to say that someone has strong potential for success, especially in life or a career.

FR: Pour aller loin, il faut persévérer.

EN: To go far, you have to persevere.

On ne va pas aller loin.

We're not going to get very far.

— Le Retour (2003)

Si tu étais plus ambitieux, tu pourrais aller loin.

If you were more ambitious, you could go far.

Elle n'a pas pu aller loin.

She couldn't have gone far.