aberrate

depart differ diverge vary veer

avert bend contrast deflect digress divagate drift err part shy swerve turn wander

angle off bear off bend the rules break pattern circumlocate depart from edge off get around go amiss go haywire go off on tangent go out of control go out of way leave beaten path not conform swim against stream take a turn turn aside

agree stay

straighten

go straight keep

meander

depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

be diffuse beat about the bush circumlocute excurse get off the point get off the subject get sidetracked go by way of go off on a tangent long way turn aside wander away

go direct stay

be direct

amble cruise drift float hike meander ramble roam saunter straggle stray stroll traipse trek

circumambulate deviate divagate diverge gad gallivant globetrot jaunt maunder peregrinate range roll rove trail tramp

circumlocute circumnutate follow one's nose hopscotch take to the road walk the tracks

go direct run stay