But I digress.
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Digress
//daɪˈɡɹɛs//
Synonyms for "digress" (43 found)
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46 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- շեղվել verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- շեղվել verb (to transgress)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отклонявам се verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Catalan
1 entries- desviar-se verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Czech
1 entries- odbíhat verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Dutch
1 entries- afdwalen verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Esperanto
1 entries- deflankiĝi verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Finnish
2 entries- eksyä (aiheesta) verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- poiketa (aiheesta) verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
French
3 entries- digresser verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- dévier verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- s'écarter verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Galician
1 entries- divagar verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
German
3 entries- abgehen verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- abschweifen verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- ausschweifen verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Hungarian
2 entries- elkalandozik verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- eltér a tárgytól verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Ido
1 entries- digresar verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Italian
1 entries- divagare verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Māori
1 entries- kāwekaweka verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Polish
2 entries- odbiec verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- odbiegać verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Portuguese
1 entries- divagar verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Romanian
2 entries- devia verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- ofensa verb (to transgress)
Russian
3 entries- отвлекаться verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- отклоня́ться verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- отступа́ть verb (to transgress)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rach a thaobh verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- odstupiti verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- skrenuti verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- zastraniti verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- застранити verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Slovene
2 entries- kreniti vstran verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- oddaljiti se verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Spanish
4 entries- desviarse verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- digredir verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- digresar verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
- digresionar verb (to deviate — see also go off on a tangent)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I'm sorry, I digress.
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You digress!
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Resist the temptation to digress.
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