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
Adalynn	AD-ə-lin	English (Modern)
Cecil	SEE-səl, SES-əl	English
ClÉMence	kle-MAWNS	French
Lev (2)	-	Hebrew
Binyamin	bee-nyah-MEEN (Jewish)	Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Lisbeth	LEES-bet	German