To turn aside, deviate in movement from the straight or direct course.

intransitive. To go aside or depart from the course or track; to diverge, deviate, swerve.

intransitive. To wander from the direct way, deviate.

intransitive. To turn aside from the course or track; to turn out of the way; to swerve.

Of persons: To travel, move, sail, etc. in an oblique direction; to diverge from a direct course. Also U.S., to move off.

transferred and figurative. To take different courses; to turn off from a track or course; to differ in opinion or character; to deviate from a…

intransitive. To run off, wander, digress. Chiefly figurative.