Meaning of not going anywhere | Babel Free
Definitions
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, go, anywhere. not-comparable
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Able to be disregarded and dealt with later. not-comparable
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Dependable; not inclined to leave or bail out unexpectedly. not-comparable
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Not making progress. not-comparable
Examples
“You shouldn't get too anxious about your vacation next month. The beach is not going anywhere.”
“There is no need to hurry. If Bahadur was bombed as the television program said, then it is not going anywhere. If the Katyushas were also bombed and the cave was breeched, that is also not going anywhere.”
“Again, college is not going anywhere, and a change in direction can always happen at a later date. Regardless of the ultimate decision to go or not to go, make an action plan with discrete goals, and a timeline for achieving these goals.”
“If you or your family or your loved ones are in trouble, your life is not in order. Right? You're plan will still be there waiting for you to finish it. It's not going anywhere.”
“You can count on me. I'm not going anywhere.”
“Music has a huge influence on just about everything around us. No matter how people try to disrespect it or reject it, it's not going anywhere. It's here to stay.”
“He told me that when he said those wedding vows, that he meant it and he was not going anywhere.”
“No, he said plainly. I'll leave this café. But I won't leave you. That's what I mean. I'm not going anywhere.”
““I’m not going anywhere,” Mr. Biden said. “I know yesterday’s news was surprising and hard for you to hear,” he went on, “but it was the right thing to do. I know it’s hard because you poured your heart and soul into me to help us win this thing.””
“A.I. isn’t going anywhere, so the crucial question is one of motivation.”
“My research is not going anywhere.”
“His career is not going anywhere.”
“And I think my question, and I have just one, would be for your, Mr. Toomey, on this question of, well, the science is not going anywhere and it is not going to produce any big gains—let me just read you a sentence from just one of the letters from a physician and scientific groups that I am putting in the record today.”
“That is not how it is, however—the beings in samsara did not come from nirvana to samsara, so they did not come from anywhere, and therefore they are not going anywhere either.”
“The defense would also have argued that the officers overbore his will in violation of the due process clause when they lied about his lawyer having been called and then told him he was not going anywhere unless he told the "truth," which the officer revealed to mean, that he killed Sal.”
“I'm thinking of a Bion passage about a patient that frustrated him, one we spoke about the other day, starting, stopping, starting, stopping, a sense of not going anywhere, a feeling that nothing's happening.”
“We're not going anywhere. We've never gone anywhere. We're not even going to the playoffs.”
““We are not going anywhere, we fucked, that's it.””
“What is the point of going down a dead-end road when you know it's not going anywhere?”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.