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go a tangent

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Main Entry: digress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stray, deviate

Synonyms:

aberrate, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, turn aside, veer, wander, wander away

Antonyms:

be direct, stay
Main Entry: stray
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deviate, err

Synonyms:

circumlocute, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, excurse, get off the subject, get off the track, get sidetracked, go off on a tangent, ramble, sin, wander

Antonyms:

remain, stay
Main Entry: wander
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: digress; get lost

Synonyms:

babble, depart, deviate, divagate, diverge, err, get off the track, get sidetracked, go astray, go off on a tangent, lose one's way, lose train of thought, ramble, rave, shift, stray, swerve, talk nonsense, veer

Antonyms:

go direct, stay
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