digress from

digress from something

[for a speaker or writer] to stray from the subject. I am going to digress from my prepared text. You will pardon me if I digress from my point a little.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Johan	YOO-ahn (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Passang	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Marietta	-	Italian
DanaË	-	Greek Mythology
Iustinianus	-	Late Roman
Lester	LES-tər	English