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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Her parents always wanted to visit Scotland and go there on honeymoon there, so her trip there with Frank was just a weird repeat of theirs.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Along with court hearings, people also go there for citizenship interviews, naturalization ceremonies and for check-in appointments with ICE.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The kids’ 69-year-old maternal grandmother lived about a mile away and the kids would go there and fill old cat litter containers with water, KDKA reported, citing police.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
More than 75% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S. while more than 80% of Mexico’s exports go there.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Along with court hearings, people also go there for citizenship interviews, naturalization ceremonies and for check-in appointments with ICE.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The kids’ 69-year-old maternal grandmother lived about a mile away and the kids would go there and fill old cat litter containers with water, KDKA reported, citing police.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
More than 75% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S. while more than 80% of Mexico’s exports go there.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for go there
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“Go there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20there. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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