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How to pronounce digress in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms depart, sidetrack, straggle
Type of deviate, divert
Derivation digression
Type Words
Synonyms divagate, stray, wander
Type of tell
Derivation digression, digressive


She always digresses when telling a story.
Don't digress when you give a lecture.

Examples of digress

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But, I digress for those of you who don't know this show or care about the cast.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Ice melted and redistributed, much like our President acts, but then I digress.
From the forbes.com
Digress comes through on its promise to deliver a mix of east and west cuisine.
From the citynews.com.au
Anyway, I digress, because there wasn't a large fish tank on display at Minh's.
From the expressandstar.com
Let me digress for a moment about my supposed bias in favor of the government.
From the forbes.com
Before I do, though, let's briefly digress to try to understand how this happened.
From the time.com
But I digress, Payton got at least what he deserved, if not more than he deserved.
From the forbes.com
Digress is on Akuna Street, across the road from the Waldorf Apartment Hotel.
From the citynews.com.au
Now, to digress for a minute, a little give between a player and ref is nothing new.
From the bostonherald.com
More examples
  • Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
  • Sidetrack: wander from a direct or straight course
  • Digression (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is a section of a composition or speech that is an intentional change of subject. ...