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don't go there

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  1. Don't imagine or even think such a thing. It is often used in a slightly risqué context.


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Having a beach key, she said, “doesn’t feel like a club, because you don’t go there to socialize with other people—but it feels like an incredible thing to have.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

“These are mental-health professionals — but you don’t go there for therapy, you go to develop a parenting plan,” she says.

From MarketWatch Mar. 9, 2026

“It’s an amazing country. If I don’t go there every few years, I go quite strange in the head. I need it,” Locke said.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2022

“He was like, ‘Now, Mayor, don’t go there on giving Governor Northam a hard time.

From Washington Post Jan. 9, 2022

“She’ll come out here if you don’t go there first,” he said, and I knew he was right.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

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