Getting sidetracked


Synonyms for getting sidetracked
verb stray, deviate

meander
swerve
depart
ramble
veer
drift

divagate
roam
wander
aberrate
be diffuse
beat about the bush

circumlocute
excurse
get off the point
get off the subject
get sidetracked
go by way of

go off on a tangent
long way
turn aside
wander away

Antonyms for getting sidetracked

stay

go direct

be direct

Synonyms
verb wander, zigzag

traipse
ramble
stray
drift
snake
roam

stroll
twine
gallivant
peregrinate
twist
turn

range
recoil
wind
rove
vagabond
change

be all over the map
extravagate
get sidetracked

Antonyms

straighten
stay

untwist
go direct

stay on path

Synonyms
verb wander about; travel aimlessly

traipse
zigzag
digress
roam
straggle
meander
amble
saunter
stroll
depart
stray
walk

twist
cruise
sprawl
peregrinate
diverge
spread
percolate
fork
extend
drift
promenade
trail

divagate
snake
gad
gallivant
perambulate
spread-eagle
straddle
turn
range
rove
climb
scramble

wind
clamber
bat around
branch off
knock about
be all over the map
excurse
get sidetracked
knock around
sprangle

Antonyms

straighten
run

stay
join

be direct

Synonyms
verb deviate, err

depart
wander
diverge
digress

divagate
ramble
sin
circumlocute

do wrong
excurse
get off the subject
get off the track

get sidetracked
go off on a tangent

Antonyms

remain
stay

be direct
go direct

Synonyms
verb digress; get lost

veer
stray
ramble
swerve
depart

err
babble
shift
diverge
divagate

rave
deviate
get off the track
get sidetracked
go astray

go off on a tangent
lose train of thought
talk nonsense
lose one’s way

Antonyms

stay

go direct

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