| depart(verb, expected, differ, wander, diverge) |
| digress(verb, depart, wander, stray, babble) |
| ramble(verb, depart, travel, stray, meander) |
| stray(verb, wander, stroll, babble, meander) |
| diverge(verb, wander, stroll, babble, meander) |
| wander(verb, depart, stray, babble, meander) |
| deviate(verb, abandon, depart, expected, differ) |
| divagate(depart, wander, stray, babble, meander) |
| drift(wander, stroll, stray, babble, meander) |
| err |
| be diffuse(depart, wander, stray, babble, meander) |
| get off the subject(expression, idiom, stray, meander, deviate) |
| go astray(expression, chatter, wander, babble, meander) |
| meander(depart, chatter, wander, stray, babble) |
| rove |
| turn aside(verb, expression, abandon, depart, expected) |
| amplify(chatter, wander, babble, meander, digress) |
| babble(chatter, wander, meander, digress, endlessly) |
| beat around bush(expression, idiom, wander, babble, meander) |
| blather(chatter, wander, babble, meander, digress) |