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Go off on one
verb
Definitions
1.
verb
To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something.
"I barely mentioned the band's name before he went off on one about how commercial the top forty is these days."
Synonyms
go off at a tangent
go off on a tangent
go off
go off at score
go slap off on
fly off the handle
go off half-cocked
set off
get going
roar off
shoot off
kick off
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