Thesaurus: digress
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.
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Definitions
- v. i. 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.
- v. i. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
- n. Digression.
- v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- v. wander from a direct or straight course
- v:100 v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking