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get off the subject

VERB

digress

Synonyms

STRONGEST

meander

STRONG

aberrate depart divagate drift ramble roam swerve veer wander

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONG

go direct stay

WEAK

be direct

VERB

ramble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

babble digress meander wander

STRONG

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

WEAK

be diffuse beat around bush dwell on excurse 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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

go direct stay

STRONG

abridge compress condense curtail decrease lessen reduce shorten

WEAK

be direct

VERB

stray

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart diverge wander

STRONG

digress divagate ramble sin

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stay

STRONG

be direct

WEAK

go direct remain

Example Sentences

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“Let’s get off the subject of China, let’s talk about sitting around the table.”

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2020

I just wanted to get off the subject.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

She probably wanted to get off the subject of Romeo and Juliet.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

Funny how you will get off the subject.

From Bucky O'Connor by Raine, William MacLeod

Having started right in the midst of things, one can never get off the subject, and that is a great comfort.

From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Pearson, Francis B.

get off the subject

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