| digress definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | to stray from the main subject | 60 sets |
| 2 | wander off the subject | 26 sets |
| 3 | to deviate from | 20 sets |
| 4 | turn aside; get off the main topic; deviate | 19 sets |
| 5 | to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about | 18 sets |
| 6 | to stray away from the subject | 18 sets |
| 7 | to go off the subject | 18 sets |
| 8 | lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | 17 sets |
| 9 | wander from a direct or straight course | 14 sets |
| 10 | turn aside from the subject | 12 sets |
| 11 | to wander away from the main topic or argument | 12 sets |
| 12 | to wander off the point or topic | 12 sets |
| 13 | v. to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. | 11 sets |
| 14 | to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent | 9 sets |
| 15 | to turn aside from the main subject | 9 sets |
| 16 | to move away from the main topic when writing or speaking; to go off on a tangent | 9 sets |
| 17 | to turn aside, especially from the main point; to stray from the subject | 9 sets |
| 18 | to move away form the topic at hand; ramble | 8 sets |
| 19 | to stray from the main topic | 8 sets |
| 20 | deviate | 7 sets |
| 21 | to go off subject | 7 sets |
| 22 | ramble | 7 sets |
| 23 | to go off topic | 7 sets |
| 24 | leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing | 7 sets |
| 25 | to move away from the topic at hand; ramble | 7 sets |
| 26 | depart temporarily from the main subject | 6 sets |
| 27 | to turn aside | 6 sets |
| 28 | to deviate from the original subject or course | 6 sets |
| 29 | to depart from the main subject | 6 sets |
| 30 | to wander off course in speaking or writing | 6 sets |
| 31 | to wander off the subject | 6 sets |
| 32 | stray from subject | 6 sets |
| 33 | to turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. | 6 sets |
| 34 | to stray from the main topic in writing or speaking; to turn aside | 6 sets |
| 35 | to stray from the subject when writing or speaking | 5 sets |
| 36 | to turn aside from the main subject in speaking or writing | 5 sets |
| 37 | to stray from the subject | 5 sets |
| 38 | to wander from the topic (v) | 5 sets |
| 39 | to turn aside; to stray from the main point | 5 sets |
| 40 | to turn aside from the main topic | 5 sets |