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flies off at a tangent

flies off at a tangent is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flies off at a tangent

What is flies off at a tangent the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flies off at a tangent is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fly off at a tangent.

Words near flies off at a tangent in the dictionary

  1. flies in the ointment
  2. flies into
  3. flies like a bird
  4. flies low
  5. flies off
  6. flies off at a tangent
  7. flies off the handle
  8. flies off the shelves
  9. flies on the wall
  10. flies out
  11. flies out of the traps

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