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digress

/daɪˈɡɹɛs/
verb
  1. 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.

  2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Synonymssidetrack

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