go off on a tangent (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of fly off at a tangent.
tags: US
Forms:
form: goes off on a tangent
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: going off on a tangent
tags: participle
present
form: went off on a tangent
tags: past
form: gone off on a tangent
tags: participle
past
form: go off at a tangent
tags: alternative
UK
form: go on a tangent
tags: alternative
uncommon