digress

[US]/daɪˈɡres/

[UK]/daɪˈɡres/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to stray from the main topic; to go off on a tangent.

digress from the point

digressing from the principal topic;

digress from your subject

digress from the subject under discussion

I have digressed a little from my original plan.

Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.

The old professor used to digress from his subject for a moment to tell his students a funny story.

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