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digress

(d/I/'gr/E/s )

lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking(verb.communication)

Example:
She always digresses when telling a story.
Don't digress when you give a lecture.

Synonym:
divagate, stray, wander

source: wordnet30
wander from a direct or straight course(verb.motion)

Synonym:
depart, sidetrack, straggle

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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