go off at a tangent
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Verb
go off at a tangent (third-person singular simple present goes off at a tangent, present participle going off at a tangent, simple past went off at a tangent, past participle gone off at a tangent)
- (UK) Alternative form of go off on a tangent
Further reading
- “go off at a tangent” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “go off at a tangent”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “go off at 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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