excurse

abandon deviate stray veer

cast desert differ digress disagree discard dissent forsake ramble reject repudiate swerve vary wander

turn aside

go direct keep stay

accept agree aid approve be direct concur consent harmonize help ratify sanction

arrive come continue enter keep to linger wait

meander

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

be diffuse beat about the bush circumlocute 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

deviate radiate stray veer

bend bifurcate branch depart digress divagate divaricate divide fork part ramble separate split spread swerve wander

branch off

go direct stay

arrive be direct collect combine come connect gather join straighten unite

agree concur converge parallel

amble digress meander roam saunter straggle stroll traipse zigzag

clamber climb cruise depart divagate diverge drift extend fork gad gallivant perambulate percolate peregrinate promenade range rove scramble snake sprawl spread spread-eagle straddle stray trail turn twist walk wind

bat around be all over the map branch off get sidetracked knock about knock around sprangle

run

join stay straighten

be direct

babble digress meander wander

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

be diffuse beat around bush dwell on 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

depart diverge wander

digress divagate ramble sin

circumlocute do wrong get off the subject get off the track get sidetracked go off on a tangent

stay

be direct

go direct remain