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gone off into the weeds

gone off into the weeds is the past participle 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 gone off into the weeds

What is gone off into the weeds the past participle of?
Gone off into the weeds is the past participle of go off into the weeds.

Words near gone off into the weeds in the dictionary

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

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