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Discover LudwigThe phrase "go off on" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to suddenly and angrily criticize or berate someone. Example: "During the meeting, the boss went off on the sales team for not meeting their targets." This means that the boss suddenly and angrily criticized the sales team for not meeting their targets during the meeting.
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"Michel Roux Jr would go off on one," he said.
As in 2009, my privacy alarm doesn't go off on this one.
Without one I'll go off on a tangent.
"He would go off on tangents".
And then Eric will go off on his computer, and I'll go off on my computer.
Interviewees often go off on tangents.
But then I go off on location.
"Then we can go off on holiday.
So I'd go off on my own.
They let me go off on my own.
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