place

all over the place: seeall.

fall into place (of a series of events or one event in a series) begin to make sense or cohere.

go places

1 travel.

2 be increasingly successful. informal

❷ 2010 Bola AgbajeOff the Endz You are a grown man … who I thought was looking to go places … and you hang around lowlifes like that.

place in the sun a position of favour or advantage.

☞ In 1897 the German Chancellor, Prince Bernhard Von Bülow, made a speech in the Reichstag in which he declared: 'we desire to throw no one into the shade [in East Asia], but we also demand our place in the sun'. As a result, the expression has become associated with German nationalism; it is in fact recorded much earlier and is traceable to the writings of the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623–62).

2002India Weekly I think it is a great feeling, to know that after years of derision from the world, the Hindi film industry is achieving its place in the sun.