TANGENT, GO IN A

change suddenly from one line of action or thought to another. —Org Board and Livingness Glossary (approved 7-8-90)

change suddenly from one line of action or thought to another. Sometimes you couldn't possibly have hoped to have predicted the action would go the way it went, but it did go in some fantastic tangent to the way you expected it to go from that particular point and you had made a mistake, and there one starts down.

change suddenly from one line of action or thought to another.change suddenly from one line of action or thought to another. Sometimes you couldn't possibly have hoped to have predicted the action would go the way it went, but it did go in some fantastic tangent to the way you expected it to go from that particular point and you had made a mistake, and there one starts down.