Digress

/daɪˈɡrɛs/

Meaning & Definition

verb

to turn aside from the main subject in speaking or writing.

During the lecture, the professor began to digress into personal anecdotes.

to deviate or wander away from the main topic.

It's easy to digress when discussing such a broad topic.

to stray from the point or topic at hand.

While discussing her research, she inadvertently digressed into unrelated stories.

Latin 'digressus', past participle of 'digredi' meaning to go aside.

digress a bit

to briefly stray from the main topic

let me digress

a phrase used to introduce a related but off-topic thought

I'm digressing

admitting to the act of straying from the main topic

digression

a temporary departure from the main subject

diverge

to move or extend in different directions from a common point

stray

to move away from the correct course or place

to go off on a tangent

He tends to digress a lot during meetings.

to ramble on

She started to digress and nobody knew what the main point was anymore.