fly off at a tangent

English

Alternative forms

• go off at a tangent (UK)
• go off on a tangent (US)

Pronunciation

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Verb

fly off at a tangent (third-person singular simple present flies off at a tangent, present participle flying off at a tangent, simple past flew off at a tangent, past participle flown off at a tangent)

1. (idiomatic) To digress from a topic.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: eksyä aiheesta
• French: digresser (fr)
• Spanish: irse por los cerros de Úbeda, irse por una tangente, desviarse del tema, irse por las ramas