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
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Alas, the plot does not go there, nor do Godzilla and Kong spend much time on-screen together at all.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
Some people go there every week and just have the same cut of meat, and then there are people who queue for two hours and have big meals with empanadas and morcilla and all the different cuts.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
The University of Arizona has a legitimate chance to win the whole thing, although everyone who didn’t go there is going to be rooting against them (more on that later).
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Writers go there to seek redemption, and to chart their evolution from naïve to knowing: no narrative is more marketable than metamorphosis.
—Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
In the past decade, the products have also gone to Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and very well could go there again this year.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
Curiosity exists at all levels, but the most tangible form of curiosity is in the weeds—so go there.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The nature of the branches changes, but people still go there.
—María Soledad Davila Calero, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
So while part of me saying 'play it safe, don’t go there yet' there’s another part of me, a more authentic part of me that’s saying 'This is happening.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
Some people go there every week and just have the same cut of meat, and then there are people who queue for two hours and have big meals with empanadas and morcilla and all the different cuts.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
The University of Arizona has a legitimate chance to win the whole thing, although everyone who didn’t go there is going to be rooting against them (more on that later).
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Writers go there to seek redemption, and to chart their evolution from naïve to knowing: no narrative is more marketable than metamorphosis.
—Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
In the past decade, the products have also gone to Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and very well could go there again this year.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
Curiosity exists at all levels, but the most tangible form of curiosity is in the weeds—so go there.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
The nature of the branches changes, but people still go there.
—María Soledad Davila Calero, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
So while part of me saying 'play it safe, don’t go there yet' there’s another part of me, a more authentic part of me that’s saying 'This is happening.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Go there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20there. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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