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go off on a tangent

VERB
digress
Synonyms
STRONGEST
meander
STRONG
aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander
WEAK
be diffuse beat about the bush circumlocute excurse get off the point get off the subject get sidetracked go by way of long way turn aside wander away
Antonyms
STRONG
go direct stay
WEAK
be direct
VERB
stray
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depart diverge wander
STRONG
digress divagate ramble sin
WEAK
circumlocute do wrong excurse get off the subject get off the track get sidetracked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
stay
STRONG
be direct
WEAK
go direct remain
VERB
wander
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ramble stray veer
STRONG
babble depart deviate divagate diverge err rave shift swerve
WEAK
get off the track get sidetracked go astray lose one's way lose train of thought talk nonsense
Antonyms
STRONGEST
go direct stay

Example Sentences

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"Some of them will run straight, some of them will not start at all, some of them will go off on a tangent or bite each other," she explained.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

But before I go off on a tangent, let’s discuss how much a general contractor can make when remodeling a home.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2022

And to go off on a tangent, what was really amazing is at that time Dickens was talking about dyslexia, he was talking about mental health with Mr. Dick’s character.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2020

"And that's when he went, 'I'm gonna go off on a tangent here, but it's important, and I don't like saying the word," before uttering the word.

From Fox News • Nov. 9, 2018

“But that is quite enough wondering about that,” she told herself, for they had arrived at the gates of the palace, and it was no time to go off on a tangent.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood