"go off on one" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes off on one [present, singular, third-person], going off on one [participle, present], went off on one [past], gone off on one [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> off on one}} go off on one (third-person singular simple present goes off on one, present participle going off on one, simple past went off on one, past participle gone off on one)
  1. (British, colloquial) To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something. Tags: British, colloquial Related terms: go off on a tangent

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