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flew off at a tangent

flew off at a tangent is the simple past of fly off at a tangent.

Meaning of fly off at a tangent

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.

Questions about flew off at a tangent

What is flew off at a tangent the simple past of?
Flew off at a tangent is the simple past of fly off at a tangent.

Words near flew off at a tangent in the dictionary

  1. flew in the face of
  2. flew into
  3. flew like a bird
  4. flew low
  5. flew off
  6. flew off at a tangent
  7. flew off the handle
  8. flew off the shelves
  9. flew out
  10. flew out of the traps
  11. flew solo

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