⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago
DON’T EVEN! Is an expression used to anticipate someone saying something outright that they’ve only alluded to.
Detective: Mrs. Pierce, we’ve been looking for your daughter’s murderer for more than two years with no success. Do you think perhaps we should be looking, ahem... closer to home?
Mrs. Pierce: Don’t (you) even! My husband absolutely ADORED Becky! He would never do anything to hurt her!