digress (v)
stray (v)
divagate (v)
wander (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
examples She always digresses when telling a story
her mind wanders
Don't digress when you give a lecture
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Derivationally related form divagate → divagation
Derivationally related form divagate → divagation
Derivationally related form digress → digressive; digress → digression
Derivationally related form digress → digression
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Derivationally related form digressive → digress; digression → digress
Derivationally related form divagation → divagate
Derivationally related form digression → digress
Derivationally related form divagation → divagate
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