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goes off on one

goes off on one is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go off on one.

Meaning of go off on one

Verb

go off on one (third-person singular simple present goes off on one, present participle going off on one, simple past went off on one, past participle gone off on one)

  1. (UK, colloquial) To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something.
    • I barely mentioned the band's name before he went off on one about how commercial the top forty is these days.

Questions about goes off on one

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

Words near goes off on one in the dictionary

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

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