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going off into the weeds

going off into the weeds is the present participle and gerund 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 going off into the weeds

What is going off into the weeds the present participle and gerund of?
Going off into the weeds is the present participle and gerund of go off into the weeds.

Words near going off into the weeds in the dictionary

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

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