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went off on a tangent

went off on a tangent is the simple past of go off on a tangent.

Meaning of go off on a tangent

Verb

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

  1. (US) Synonym of fly off at a tangent.

Questions about went off on a tangent

What is went off on a tangent the simple past of?
Went off on a tangent is the simple past of go off on a tangent.

Words near went off on a tangent in the dictionary

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

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