Meaning & use
Digressing
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Departing temporarily from the main subject in speech or writing to talk about something else.
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Forgive me for digressing, but this story reminds me of something similar that happened years ago.
The professor kept digressing into unrelated anecdotes during the lecture.
A note on using this word
"Digress" comes from Latin "digredi," meaning "to step away," capturing the sense of wandering off a set path.
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