digress

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
2. verb To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Similar words

straggle divagate stray wander depart sidetrack divert deviate decline step aside

Often followed by

for from a to briefly into here and in

Word family

digressed digresses digressing