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to go off on a tangent
to go off on a tangent
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to begin talking about a subject that is not in any way related to the original topic that is being discussed
Dialect
American
American
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Idiom
Informal
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During the meeting, the manager went off on a tangent and started talking about unrelated projects, which confused everyone.
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