go off into the weeds

English

Verb

go off into the weeds (third-person singular simple present goes off into the weeds, present participle going off into the weeds, simple past went off into the weeds, past participle gone off into the weeds)

1. To go hopelessly astray.

See also

• exercise in futility
• fool's errand
• red herring
• the cake is a lie
• tilt at windmills
• chase a rainbow
• wild-goose chase