"go off on a tangent" in German to go off on a tangent einen Schwenk machen umschwenken abschweifen abkommen vom Thema abkommen Detailed translations for "go off on a tangent" to go off on a tangent to go off on a tangent(also: to fly off/go off at a tangent) einen Schwenk machen to go off on a tangent(also: to fly off/go off at a tangent) umschwenken to go off on a tangent(also: to fly off/go off at a tangent, to digress) abschweifen to go off on a tangent(also: to fly off/go off at a tangent) abkommen{intransitive verb} to go off on a tangent(also: to get off the subject/point, to stray from the topic) vom Thema abkommen