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digress

[dih-gres, dahy-] / dɪˈgrɛs, daɪ- /
VERB
stray, deviate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
meander
STRONG
aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander
WEAK
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
Antonyms
STRONG
go direct stay
WEAK
be direct

Example Sentences

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I digress, though: This is a column about what is popular, not what is right and wrong!

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

But I digress . . . and I do not want to leave you without these last words.

From Salon • May 23, 2024

But I digress — this is supposed to be a positive column.

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2023

I’m sure there’s no strategic advantage to examining a superior changeling ship’s technology when many of them have taken over Starfleet, but we digress.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Which is hilarious because we are the exact same from a genetic perspective, but I digress.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.