: being an area into which entry is forbidden or dangerous
no-go tourist areas

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Entire neighborhoods became no-go zones for families. Sonia Ossorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2025 London’s Leicester Square was a no-go zone Wednesday night as the cast and crew of Danny Boyle‘s zombie sequel 28 Years Later descended on the Odeon Luxe theater. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025 But Ride insisted on keeping the relationship largely under wraps and that secrecy was a no-go for her partner. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 June 2025 Set specific timeline checkpoints with clear go/no-go decision points. Manikandarajan Shanmugavel, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for no-go

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First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of no-go was in 1971

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“No-go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-go. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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