digresses
Leaves the point
Digresses means to wander from the main topic or line of argument.
A speaker or writer who digresses temporarily departs from the subject at hand: She digresses frequently, but her tangents are always entertaining.
The noun is digression.
To digress often signals awareness of straying: But I digress—back to the main point.
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- asideBrief theatrical digression
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- sidetrackDivert from purpose
- departureAct of going away
excursion · divergence · deflection · parenthesis · diversion · interpolation · interjection · excursus
To travel without direction
- rambleMove or speak without direction
- wanderMove without fixed direction
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- strayWander from course
waffle · maunder · expatiate · discursive · circumlocutory · long-winded · verbose · meandering
tangent
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departure · excursion · divergence · deflection · parenthesis · diversion · interpolation · interjection · excursus · sidebar
meander
To travel without direction
- rambleMove or speak without direction
- wanderMove without fixed direction
- driftGradual movement, no direction
stray · waffle · maunder · expatiate · discursive · circumlocutory · long-winded · verbose · meandering · unfocused
digressesproceeds
Revenue from a transaction
continues · gets to the point · advances · progresses · moves forward