Go off on a tangent
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Is the phrase ‘go off on a tangent’ common when you want to say that somebody changes the topic and starts talking about something unrelated to what you were just discussing?
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Ann225 Hi, Is the phrase ‘go off on a tangent’ common when you want to say that somebody changes the topic and starts talking about something unrelated to what you were just discussing? Thank you. It is common for me to use that idiom.
- Ann225 Hi, Is the phrase ‘go off on a tangent’ common when you want to say that somebody changes the topic and starts talking about something unrelated to what you were just discussing?
- Thank you.
- It is common for me to use that idiom.
- It's a matter of what kind of friends you have.
- Mine are constantly going off on tangents and having to be reined in.
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Ann225Hi,
Is the phrase ‘go off on a tangent’ common when you want to say that somebody changes the topic and starts talking about something unrelated to what you were just discussing?
Thank you.
It is common for me to use that idiom. It's a matter of what kind of friends you have. Mine are constantly going off on tangents and having to
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