digress
Meaning
- 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.
- To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
Synonyms
deviate from the main subject
off the point
poke into
out in
make a digression
rave on
call at
deviate from
ramble on
Frequency
Hyphenated as
di‧gress
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daɪˈɡɹɛs/
Etymology
From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.
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