Definition of Digress

not staying on topic; to go off on a tangent

Examples of Digress in a sentence

Because abortion is difficult for me to talk about, I will digress from this topic.  🔊

If you get emotional talking about your father, then you may digress.  🔊

You digress to avoid talking about the real problem!  🔊

I need you to stay on subject and not digress!  🔊

Every time we asked about Jane's father, she would give me a bogus answer and digress onto something else.  🔊

As your new class president, I will end homework, lower student crime, and mandate hours of recess, but I digress.  🔊

Jerry would digress every time his parents asked for his report card.  🔊

During our debate on religion, Tim would often digress onto a separate rant on oil consumption.  🔊

I cannot have you digress when I ask for a specific answer.  🔊

From this point I digress, because having a rational debate with you is like bringing back the dead.  🔊

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