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go off into the weeds

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
go of-f in-to the weeds
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go hopelessly astray.

Inflected Forms

goes off into the weeds (present, singular) going off into the weeds (participle, present) went off into the weeds (past) gone off into the weeds (participle, past)

Phrases

chase a rainbow exercise in futility fool's errand red herring the cake is a lie tilt at windmills wild-goose chase

Frequently Paired Words

chase a rainbow exercise in futility fool's errand red herring the cake is a lie tilt at windmills wild-goose chase

Questions

What does go off into the weeds mean?
To go hopelessly astray.

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