fly+off+at+a+tangent
1fly off at a tangent — index deviate, digress Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2fly off at a tangent — fly/go off at a ˈtangent idiom (BrE) (NAmE go off on a ˈtangent) (informal) to suddenly start saying or doing sth that does not seem to be connected to what has gone before • …
3go off on a tangent — go off at/on/a tangent phrase to suddenly start doing, discussing, or thinking about something completely different His mind had gone off at a complete tangent. Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry …
4go off at a tangent — go off at/on/a tangent phrase to suddenly start doing, discussing, or thinking about something completely different His mind had gone off at a complete tangent. Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry …
5tangent — noun (C) 1 go/fly off at a tangent informal to suddenly start thinking or talking about a completely new and different subject: It s impossible to have a logical discussion with Rob because he keeps going off at a tangent. 2 technical a straight… …
6tangent — /ˈtændʒənt / (say tanjuhnt) adjective 1. touching. 2. Geometry touching, as a straight line in relation to a curve or surface; passing through two (or more) consecutive points of a curve or surface. 3. in contact along a single line or element,… …
7tangent — [tan′jənt] adj. [L tangens, prp. of tangere, to touch: see TACT] 1. that touches; touching 2. Geom. touching and not intersecting a curve or curved surface at one and only one point: said of a line or plane n. [< ModL ( linea) tangens, tangent …
8Deviation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deviation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deviation deviation Sgm: N 1 swerving swerving &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 obliquation| obliquation| warp refraction Sgm: N 1 flection flection flexion …
9rage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fury, frenzy, wrath, violence; fashion, fad, craze. See desire. v. i. storm, rave, bluster. See excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Violent anger] Syn. fury, wrath, ferocity; see anger .… …
10deviate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deflect, digress, swerve, shy, vary, wander, stray, turn aside, veer, bear off, go out of control, divagate, depart from, break the pattern, go amiss, err, angle away, angle off, diverge, leave the beaten path, not conform …
