Go off on a tangent


Synonyms for go off on a tangent
verb stray, deviate

meander
swerve
depart
ramble
veer
drift

divagate
roam
wander
aberrate
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 for go off on a tangent

stay

go direct

be direct

Synonyms
verb deviate, err

depart
wander
diverge
digress

divagate
ramble
sin
circumlocute

do wrong
excurse
get off the subject
get off the track

get sidetracked

Antonyms

remain
stay

be direct
go direct

Synonyms
verb digress; get lost

veer
stray
ramble
swerve
depart

err
babble
shift
diverge
divagate

rave
deviate
get off the track
get sidetracked
go astray

lose train of thought
talk nonsense
lose one’s way

Antonyms

stay

go direct

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