be diffuse

meander

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

beat about the bush circumlocute excurse get off the point get off the subject get sidetracked go by way of go off on a tangent long way turn aside wander away

go direct stay

be direct

babble digress meander wander

amplify blather chatter depart descant divagate diverge drift drivel enlarge expatiate gossip maunder prose protract stray

beat around bush dwell on excurse get off the subject go astray go off on tangent go on and on harp on lose the thread rant and rave rattle on talk nonsense talk off top of head talk randomly

go direct stay

abridge compress condense curtail decrease lessen reduce shorten

be direct