off the subject
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If you reach out to your teen and they brush off the subject or don’t want to talk about it, Bond said, try again at another time but don’t force the conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
Just as he went to turn the podcast off, the subject changed to the painter Bob Ross — by then, a well known A.S.M.R. trigger.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
How do I get them to back off the subject without hurting anyone?
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2018
No matter what questions I asked, I couldn’t get him off the subject.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2015
Bod liked Miss Borrows, and the coziness of her little crypt, and that she could all-too-easily be led off the subject.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
