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get somewhere

to make progress. After months of tests, the doctors think they're finally getting somewhere.

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If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context He must be in a precious hurry to get somewhere, though. The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context "But we manage to get somewhere just the same," he smiled. Adventure by London, Jack View in context More results

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