take this offline
/teɪk ðɪs ˈɒflaɪn/
to defer a discussion to a private or separate conversation outside the current meeting
take this offline in a sentence
“That's a great point — let's take this offline so we don't lose the group.”
Origin of take this offline
From computing: moving work off a shared/live system; adopted in business circa 1990s
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