digress

intr.v., -gressed, -gress·ing, -gress·es.
To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray. See synonyms at swerve.

[Latin dīgredī, dīgress- : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + gradī, to go.]

verb

1. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct: depart, deviate, diverge, stray, swerve, veer. Archaic err. See approach/retreat, correct/incorrect.
2. To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking: deviate, divagate, diverge, ramble, stray, wander. Idioms: go offatona tangent. See approach/retreat.

v

Definition: stray, deviate
Antonyms: be direct, stay

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IN BRIEF: To turn aside from the main subject.

I digress just a moment to respond to the comment from the gentleman in the back.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - komme bort fra emnet

Nederlands (Dutch)
afdwalen (van een onderwerp), uitweiden

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire une digression, s'écarter de, s'éloigner de

Deutsch (German)
v. - abschweifen von

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παρεκκλίνω, φεύγω από το θέμα

Italiano (Italian)
divagare da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - divagar, afastar-se

Русский (Russian)
отвлекаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - desviarse de, apartarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avvika

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
走向岔道, 扯到枝节上, 离题

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 走向岔道, 扯到枝節上, 離題

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (대화 등이) 다른 곳으로 흐르다, 원래의 내용을 벗어나다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - わき道にそれる, 脱線する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستطرد, يحيد عن الموضوع الرئيسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮חרג, סטה‬

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