: being an area into which entry is forbidden or dangerous
no-go tourist areas
Examples of no-go in a Sentence
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Brendan Morrow The Jon Snow show is a no-go at HBO.
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USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Helped by defecting army officers, the Fano have increasingly turned the Amhara countryside into no-go areas and are threatening major cities on the main highways leading to the capital.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
Another industry veteran insists that naming an insider is a no-go.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Frossard said that plan was a no-go from the beginning.
—Luke Ranker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2024
This stretch of Israel has become a virtual no-go zone, even to families who have lived in the area for generations.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Egg hunt a no-go After 41 years, the annual Easter egg hunt the Campbell Community Center has been put on hold.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
Yet as much of Placer County became a no-go zone, SANE withdrew its application for a syringe program there.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
One of the first to make the switch was Mr. Toor, a TV news producer who used his twice daily vlogs to report on areas that were considered no-go zones for the mainstream media.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
Helped by defecting army officers, the Fano have increasingly turned the Amhara countryside into no-go areas and are threatening major cities on the main highways leading to the capital.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
Another industry veteran insists that naming an insider is a no-go.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Frossard said that plan was a no-go from the beginning.
—Luke Ranker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2024
This stretch of Israel has become a virtual no-go zone, even to families who have lived in the area for generations.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Egg hunt a no-go After 41 years, the annual Easter egg hunt the Campbell Community Center has been put on hold.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
Yet as much of Placer County became a no-go zone, SANE withdrew its application for a syringe program there.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
One of the first to make the switch was Mr. Toor, a TV news producer who used his twice daily vlogs to report on areas that were considered no-go zones for the mainstream media.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
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“No-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-go. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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