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went off into the weeds

went off into the weeds is the simple past 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 went off into the weeds

What is went off into the weeds the simple past of?
Went off into the weeds is the simple past of go off into the weeds.

Words near went off into the weeds in the dictionary

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

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