Question: I happened to write "You are not going anywhere near us", and I meant "You should not leave us". Reading it back later I realised that what I wrote probably means the opposite...

Is there a way to use "not going anywhere" in the intended meaning?

Answer: 
You can use a double negative to swap this round, which is *a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation*1, for example:

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> You are not going anywhere **without** us
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This would have the required meaning of:

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> You are going with us
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Beware of double negatives though, as they can be confusing and potentially poor grammar - 'I haven't taken *nothing*', a double negative, means 'I have taken everything.

You may find [this](http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-double-negatives.html) link about double negatives 
interesting.

1 [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/double-negative)
`You are not going anywhere` by itself would be sufficient.

Alternatively, if you wanted to express sorrow you could use something like:

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> And that's exactly why you're not going anywhere!
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A small bit of dialogue to back up my claim:

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> `Person A:` I used to love going out with you. The way we used to walk
>  in the park, went to restaurants and pretend it was your birthday and
>  just generally being around you. **sigh** I should've never left you
>  *Person B*.
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> `Person B` And thats exactly why you're not going anywhere!
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> `Person A:` We'll have to see what happens, not my choice to make
>  anyways.
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