# don't go there

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/dont-go-there
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Do not broach that topic.

## Examples

- Please don't go there; I do not want to argue.
- When he started asking about her ex-husband, she told him, don't go there.
- She sensed the conversation turning toward the sensitive family dispute and warned him, don't go there, lest they ruin the evening.

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