Multiple choice

The member suddenly flew off at a tangent and was promptly silenced by the group. Select the correct meaning for the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

  1. made an irrelevant point

  2. diverging from a previous course or line

  3. made a bad situation worse

  4. enraged the people

  5. challenged the other members

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; that's why he was silenced by the group.