go off on a tangent
English
Alternative forms
Verb
go off on a tangent (third-person singular simple present goes off on a tangent, present participle going off on a tangent, simple past went off on a tangent, past participle gone off on a tangent)
- (US) Synonym of fly off at a tangent
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Further reading
- “go off on a tangent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “go off on a tangent”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “go off on a tangent”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “go off at on a tangent” (US) / “go off at on a tangent” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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