What's the meaning of "go meta"

[Nathan Hartman]

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 11:56 PM wuzhouhui <wuzhouhui14 at mails.ucas.ac.cn>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm reviewing some difficult translations, such as
>
> > Pardon us while we “go meta” for a bit here.
>
>
> in chapter 4. Could English speakers explain more about the meaning
> of "go meta"?


Something like "pardon us while we go to a higher level of abstraction" in
the explanation that follows.
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