| divert(verb, encourage, turn, stay, annoy) |
| depart(verb, keep, continue, stay, expected) |
| deviate(verb, depart, veer, circumlocute, redirected) |
| acquit |
| angle off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, depart, veer) |
| attract attention(verb, expression, encourage, depart, attach) |
| be deflected(verb, stay, depart, veer, circumlocute) |
| bend the rules(verb, expression, idiom, encourage, depart) |
| break one up(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, worry) |
| buck |
| catch flies(verb, expression, encourage, depart, attach) |
| change course(verb, expression, depart, straighten, veer) |
| circumlocute(verb, encourage, depart, attach, veer) |
| cut and run(verb, expression, idiom, enter, depart) |
| digress |
| disadvise(verb, unite, depart, attach, veer) |
| diverge |
| draw away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, encourage, depart) |
| excurse(verb, accept, keep, stay, depart) |
| excuse |