go there

English

Verb

go there (third-person singular simple present goes there, present participle going there, simple past went there, past participle gone there)

1. (informal) To discuss a subject that is usually avoided as taboo or controversial.
   • 2018, Bob's Burgers (TV series), "As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps" (episode)

     LOUISE: Okay, enough with the "tricycle" stuff!
     LADY IN VAN: Why don't you wanna talk about it? Because you're too old to be riding one?
     LOUISE: (laughs) Okay...
     TINA: Whoa.
     LADY IN VAN: That's right: I went there, with a child.

Usage notes

• Mostly in the phrase don't go there.

See also

• who goes there?

Anagrams

• heretog