Idiom
not want to do that
Meaning
To be in a state of doing or being about to do something that one is likely to regret; usually unknowingly or forgetfully.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You do not want to do that with the hot stove.”
“If you send that angry email to your boss, you really do not want to do that.”
“Before you commit your entire savings to such a volatile market, consider that you do not want to do that.”
Examples
simple
“You do not want to do that with the hot stove.”
contextual
“If you send that angry email to your boss, you really do not want to do that.”
complex
“Before you commit your entire savings to such a volatile market, consider that you do not want to do that.”
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