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Discover LudwigThe phrase "goes off script" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone deviates from a prepared speech or plan, often in a spontaneous or unexpected manner.
Example: "During the presentation, she went off script to address the audience's concerns directly."
Alternatives: "deviates from the script" or "strays from the plan."
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Ten minutes later, Loeb goes off script.
But she goes off script when she risks a tumultuous love affair.
He comes alive when he goes off script — he is sharp, intimate, direct, withering, cruel, and bratty.
The moment she goes off script, all her syntactical operations slide into the most basic of operating codes.
But on the other hand, everyone enjoys it when a public figure unexpectedly goes off script and lets rip with genuine emotion in the heat of the moment.
But when the world's biggest social network does talk to journalists, the briefings are always best when founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg goes off script.
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Until he went off script.
They weren't afraid to go off script.
"You really do go off script, don't you?
2. "Going Off Script" also comprises four male actors.
It was unclear why the mayor went off script.
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