go there

idiom

informal

: to start to talk or think about something

—usually used in negative statements

"Do you remember when we were dating?" "Let's not go there."

Childhood was not a happy time or me. I don't want to go there.

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As in Dante, the metaphysical landscape is taken seriously and is carefully documented, as if the reader might someday go there and need to know the rules. —

Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 Getty Images Osaka, Japan Bangkok, Thailand Killam says these two destinations in Asia were trending with Gen Zers because of how far their money can go there. —

Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025 Meagan Briganti is a big fan of the Red Oak Nature Center in North Aurora, saying she and her daughter Keira, 3, go there three times a week, including a visit to the annual Frosty Fest at the Fox Valley Park District facility Saturday evening. —

David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025 Location: Southampton Parish How to get here: West Whale Bay is in southwestern Bermuda; the no. 7 or 8 bus lines go there. —

Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for go there