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digress

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/daɪˈgrɛs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈgrɛs, daɪ-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di gres′, dī-)

digress
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Synonyms:

stray Collocations, diverge, maunder, deviate, ramble Collocations, go off at a tangent, waffle Collocations (slang), branch off, turn Collocations, curve Collocations, depart Collocations, detour, take a detour, wander off the subject, veer, wander Collocations, get sidetracked, get distracted, drift Collocations, go off the point, go off topic

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