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flown off at a tangent

flown off at a tangent is the past participle 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 flown off at a tangent

What is flown off at a tangent the past participle of?
Flown off at a tangent is the past participle of fly off at a tangent.

Words near flown off at a tangent in the dictionary

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

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