WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

go far
    v 1: succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published
         his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make
         it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" [syn: arrive,
         make it, get in, go far]
    2: extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"
       [syn: go far, go deep]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "go far":
   achieve success, advance, arrive, be a success, break through,
   come on, come through, cut a swath, get ahead, get on, get there,
   go places, have it made, make a breakthrough, make a success,
   make good, make headway, make it, make the scene, progress, rise