to boldly go where no one has gone before
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8.9
- idiom
- Informal
:
aventurarse donde nadie ha ido antes
- The team will boldly go where no one has gone before by launching a mission to the depths of the ocean.
- to boldly go where no one has gone before in civilization
- to boldly go where no one has gone before in new areas
Examples
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To boldly go where no one has gone before...
Blog text (17) -
The scientists plan to boldly go where no one has gone before in their quest to discover new planets.
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She decided to boldly go where no one has gone before with her innovative approach to solving the issue.
Synonyms
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6.1
To risk doing or saying something to support an idea
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6.2
To go somewhere or do something even when it is risky
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8.2
To do risky, adventurous things outside your usual life
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7.3
To do something risky without knowing what will happen
Antonyms
How Adventurous
- Informal
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8.9
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3.2
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4.1
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6.2
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1.6
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
boldly + go + where + no + one + have + gone + before
The meaning 'to venture into unexplored or unknown areas' is directly and literally built from 'boldly' (with courage) + 'go' (move) + 'where no one has gone before' (to places nobody has previously visited). This compositional structure is straightforward and follows common cross-linguistic patterns of exploring unknown places or situations, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Boldly go where no one has gone before comes from explorer stories and space adventure tales; imagine someone stepping past the edge of the map into dark, unknown land or space. That clear picture of going first into a new place is why it means 'to try something completely new or enter an unexplored place'.