Communication

see where the conversation goes

let a conversation develop naturally

To see where the conversation goes is to let it develop naturally, without trying to control its direction in advance.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

What are you going to ask him?

Nothing specific. I will see where the conversation goes.

Play the conversation

We did not make a plan; we just started talking and saw where the conversation went.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We saw where the conversation came.

Say: We saw where the conversation went.

The idiom describes a conversation developing with “go”; “come” is not used in this sense.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

see where the conversation goes; see where the conversation went

Your turn: say it out loud

We did not make a plan; we just started talking and saw where the conversation went.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

see where the conversation goes

let a conversation develop naturally

“We did not make a plan; we just started talking and saw where the conversation went.”

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