go far—
1. be successful, especially in one’s career:
- This band is full of talent and will certainly go far.
2. (of food, money, etc.) last long; be sufficient:
- A pound does not go so far today as it did twenty years ago.
3. produce a certain effect; promote smth.:
- The loan will go far towards overcoming our financial troubles.
4. (negat.) undertake special efforts:
- One need not go far to discover why African cultural elements persist so strongly in post-slavery Cuba.
go far afield—
1. go off the subject; digress from the line of reasoning:
- Do not go far afield to review concepts on the periphery of your talk.
2. = go far 4:
- Actually, we need not go far afield to find a theory which is formally adequate to our needs.
See also: be too far gone / go too far.