go off on a tangent

phrase

: to start talking about something that is only slightly or indirectly related to the original subject

She went off on a tangent about what happened to her last summer.

Examples of go off on a tangent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Listen To The Consumer By not listening to customers and what the data shows, companies can potentially go off on a tangent. — Claire Stern, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023

Rhymes for go off on a tangent

• cotangent