dangerous ground/territory

noun

: a situation in which a person may do or say something that will have a bad result, make people angry, etc.

As the conversation turned to politics, I knew we were heading into dangerous territory.

You know you're treading on dangerous ground, don't you?

Examples of dangerous ground/territory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Charlotte forward Kerwin Vargas had attempted a bicycle kick near the penalty box when Zimmerman dove forward to head the ball out of dangerous territory. —Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025

Marvin Sapp claims that the backlash to a viral video has entered dangerous territory. —Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Apr. 2025

An undeniable attraction draws them into dangerous territory. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025

And none of the three books offers a convincing path out of the dangerous territory into which the United States has been thrust by white identity politics. —Nell Irvin Painter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019