off at a tangent

On a course of discussion that is irrelevant or divergent from the topic at hand. Primarily heard in UK. If we keep going off at a tangent, we'll never get through this meeting. It's impossible to get through a conversation with my mother because she's always going off at a tangent.

See also: off, tangent

See also:

(off) on a tangent
on a tangent
tangent
go off on (something)
go off topic
get off topic
be off topic
topic
confuse the issue
cloud the issue

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