Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go off on one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.59 in modern English

Syllables: go of-f on one
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I barely mentioned the band's name before he went off on one about how commercial the top forty is these days."
"As far as I was concerned, we had a deal – she never went off on one about 'that's not a skirt it's a belt,' and I never went out dressed like a stripper."

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

goes off on one (present, singular) going off on one (participle, present) went off on one (past) gone off on one (participle, past)

Phrases

go off on a tangent

Frequently Paired Words

go off on a tangent

Questions

What does go off on one mean?: To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something.

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