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

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Set specific timeline checkpoints with clear go/no-go decision points. Manikandarajan Shanmugavel, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 Since Israel broke the ceasefire in mid-March, at least 2-3 kilometers (1.2-1.9 miles) into Gaza’s land border is a no-go zone, which includes a 1 kilometer-wide (around 0.6 miles) buffer area next to Israeli territory where homes, factories and farmland have been systematically levelled. Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Money, 31 May 2025 This beautiful tropical country was long considered a no-go because of civil unrest and economic instability. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 30 May 2025 More than two-thirds of Gaza has been declared a military no-go zone. / Cbs News, CBS News, 18 May 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 16 Jun. 2025.

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