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fly off at a tangent

fly off at a tangent verb: to digress from a topic.

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.

Forms of fly off at a tangent

third-person singular presentflies off at a tangent
present participleflying off at a tangent
pastflew off at a tangent
past participleflown off at a tangent
alternative UKgo off at a tangent
alternative USgo off on a tangent

Questions about fly off at a tangent

What does fly off at a tangent mean?
Fly off at a tangent means to digress from a topic.
What part of speech is fly off at a tangent?
Fly off at a tangent is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly off at a tangent?
The past tense of fly off at a tangent is flew off at a tangent.

Words near fly off at a tangent in the dictionary

  1. fly lines
  2. fly loft
  3. fly lofts
  4. fly low
  5. fly off
  6. fly off at a tangent
  7. fly off the handle
  8. fly off the shelves
  9. fly on the wall
  10. fly orchid
  11. fly orchids

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