go off on a tangent

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go off on a tangent (British, American & Australian, British)

to suddenly start talking about a different subject. We were talking about property prices and you went off on a tangent.

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It seems a teacher had to be detained at an airport, due to his carrying a protractor and compass--weapons of math instruction--as well as his probable membership in the notorious algebra network, as shown by his use of code words "x" and "y," and by a propensity to go off on a tangent. More restrictions on the academic life--and probably not the last ones by Turpen, Bill L. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs You don't want to go off on a tangent when it comes to financing your new venture. Generating capital for your new business by Sandor, Andrea / Los Angeles Business Journal ``I learned a long time ago that you find out what happens before you go off on a tangent as a coach,'' Schmid said. GALAXY NOTEBOOK: HERNANDEZ A NO-SHOW AT PRACTICE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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It seems a teacher had to be detained at an airport, due to his carrying a protractor and compass--weapons of math instruction--as well as his probable membership in the notorious algebra network, as shown by his use of code words "x" and "y," and by a propensity to go off on a tangent.

More restrictions on the academic life--and probably not the last ones by Turpen, Bill L. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

You don't want to go off on a tangent when it comes to financing your new venture.

Generating capital for your new business by Sandor, Andrea / Los Angeles Business Journal

``I learned a long time ago that you find out what happens before you go off on a tangent as a coach,'' Schmid said.

GALAXY NOTEBOOK: HERNANDEZ A NO-SHOW AT PRACTICE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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