go off on a tangent

meander

aberrate 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 long way turn aside wander away

go direct stay

be direct

depart diverge wander

digress divagate ramble sin

circumlocute do wrong excurse get off the subject get off the track get sidetracked

stay

be direct

go direct remain

ramble stray veer

babble depart deviate divagate diverge err rave shift swerve

get off the track get sidetracked go astray lose one's way lose train of thought talk nonsense

go direct stay