dig
ress
Third Person
digresses
Present Participle
digressing
Past Tense
digressed
Past Participle
digressed
1
to steer away from the main subject and focus on a different topic in speech or writing
- I don't want to digress too far from the main point of my argument.
- Whenever my dad tells a story, he inevitably digresses several times before finishing the anecdote.
- The commentary digressed at length about the controversy before returning to their analysis.
- During his speech, the professor digressed into a story about his childhood.
- While discussing the budget, he began to digress into unrelated financial details.