go off on tangent

depart differ diverge vary veer

aberrate 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 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

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 get off the subject go astray 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