not want to do that

Verb

Meaning

(intransitive, stative, idiomatic) To be in a state of doing or being about to do something that one is likely to regret; usually unknowingly or forgetfully.
You do not want to do that.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not,‎ want,‎ do,‎ that.

Examples

Lilith might be strong enough now to handle troublemakers herself, but she did not want to do that unless she had to. It would not help the people become a community, and if they could not unite, nothing else they did would matter. Octavia Butler

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