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wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don''t drift from the set course" homeless cat 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" not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh" sporadic move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro |
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