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digress

verb/di.vɐ.ˈɡaɾ/medium

di·va·gar

Definition

To speak or write at length in a wandering, unfocused way, straying from the main subject; to let one's mind wander.
The professor tended to digress into fascinating but unrelated anecdotes.
I often digress when I'm telling a story.
Common collocations
to digress from the subjectto let one's mind wanderto ramble on

Etymology

Do latim 'divagari' (vaguear, andar sem rumo).

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