digress
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/daɪˈɡɹɛs/
English
Definitions
verb
- To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
- To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
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sidetrackstraggledivagatestraywanderdepartdivertdeviatedeclinestep asideturn asidederaildeflectdriftdivergefly off at a tangent