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go off into the weeds

go off into the weeds verb: to go hopelessly astray.

Verb

go off into the weeds (third-person singular simple present goes off into the weeds, present participle going off into the weeds, simple past went off into the weeds, past participle gone off into the weeds)

  1. (idiomatic) To go hopelessly astray.

Forms of go off into the weeds

third-person singular presentgoes off into the weeds
present participlegoing off into the weeds
pastwent off into the weeds
past participlegone off into the weeds

Questions about go off into the weeds

What does go off into the weeds mean?
Go off into the weeds means to go hopelessly astray.
What part of speech is go off into the weeds?
Go off into the weeds is a verb.
What is the past tense of go off into the weeds?
The past tense of go off into the weeds is went off into the weeds.

Words near go off into the weeds in the dictionary

  1. go off at half cock
  2. go off at halfcock
  3. go off at score
  4. go off half-cocked
  5. go off halfcocked
  6. go off into the weeds
  7. go off on a tangent
  8. go off on one
  9. go off the boil
  10. go off the handle
  11. go off the res

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