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.

Examples of go there in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Soak up the gall of losing, absorb the horrible information, feel it to the full, go there—and then rebound, with superb elasticity. —James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025

The two have flirted with the idea of a romantic relationship many times since then, but have yet to truly go there onscreen. —EW.com, 27 June 2025

But Planning Board Chairwoman Andrea Schlageter urged that the Ocean Beach Library remain open under dynamic scheduling on Mondays because many students go there directly from OB Elementary School across the street to continue studying after school lets out. —Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025

By Variety’s calculation – the coalition wouldn’t go there – that’s about 10-15% of the total job loss in the last two years. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 June 2025

Rhymes for go there

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare