get sidetracked

meander

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

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

go direct stay

be direct

drift ramble roam snake stray stroll traipse

change gallivant peregrinate range recoil rove turn twine twist wind

be all over the map extravagate

stay

straighten untwist

go direct stay on path

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 excurse knock about knock around sprangle

run

join stay straighten

be direct

depart diverge wander

digress divagate ramble sin

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

stay

be direct

go direct remain

ramble stray veer

babble depart deviate divagate diverge err rave shift swerve

get off the track go astray go off on a tangent lose one's way lose train of thought talk nonsense

go direct stay