get off the subject

meander

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

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

go direct stay

be direct

babble digress meander wander

amplify blather chatter depart descant divagate diverge drift drivel enlarge expatiate gossip maunder prose protract stray

be diffuse beat around bush dwell on excurse go astray go off on tangent go on and on harp on lose the thread rant and rave rattle on talk nonsense talk off top of head talk randomly

go direct stay

abridge compress condense curtail decrease lessen reduce shorten

be direct

depart diverge wander

digress divagate ramble sin

circumlocute do wrong excurse get off the track get sidetracked go off on a tangent

stay

be direct

go direct remain