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goes off into the weeds

goes off into the weeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go off into the weeds.

Meaning of go off into the weeds

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.

Questions about goes off into the weeds

What is goes off into the weeds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes off into the weeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go off into the weeds.

Words near goes off into the weeds in the dictionary

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

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