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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People go there for everything from frozen fruit to fishing line, underwear to bullets.
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Thousands of international patients go there to get high-quality care at a significantly lesser cost.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025
Perhaps a co-working space could go there.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
But Gaffigan chooses to not go there, siting the pandemic as an example.
—Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 9 Nov. 2025
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Thousands of international patients go there to get high-quality care at a significantly lesser cost.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025
Perhaps a co-working space could go there.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025
But Gaffigan chooses to not go there, siting the pandemic as an example.
—Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Go there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20there. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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