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off at a tangent
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Suzanne | | [su:'zæn] | |
Nesta | | - | Welsh |
Odo | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Zowie | | ZO-ee | English (Rare) |
Vita | | - | Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish |
Neva | | - | English |