off the subject
Example Sentences
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At the mention of Arenado rumors this week, Muncy again brushed off the subject.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
She either ignores me or brushes off the subject.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
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
Candidates always wander off the subject in an effort to stay on message, and the moderators need to lasso them right back to where they should be.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2016
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
