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'went off point' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a conversation or discussion that has gone away from the original topic, either unintentionally or deliberately. For example: "We were discussing the plan for the fundraiser, but the conversation quickly went off point."
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Ramona Africa, for instance, the only adult to escape the conflagration, which killed 11 members of the mostly black, back-to-nature group and destroyed 61 houses in all, was a pro, an activist who never went off point.
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Voracek's initial shot from the point went off the post and to Claude Giroux, who redirected it in front of the crease to Simmonds.
Of course, it went off, even though at one point Skrillex dropped the theme from The Lion King.
Then I remembered they were only fighting a conceptual shark to begin with, at which point I went off to make myself a cup of tea.
To make his point he went off and did a 2,000m time trial on a rowing machine, then for the next five days he lived off lettuce and water.
And he went off for 15 minutes – to the point where I almost walked out.
One of Mr. Alvarez's lawyers, Zachary H. Johnson, said that at that point another shot went off.
Daniel challenged them to go into the street for a fight and began struggling with Mr. White, at which point the gun went off.
At which point the timer went off.
The congressional aide briefed on the meeting also said Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, came into the Oval Office toward the end to "say hello," at which point the meeting went off topic.
He used parliamentary question time to accuse the Labor leader, Bill Shorten, of going off the point.
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