Synonyms and antonyms of To change from one subject or discussion to another in British Thesaurus

move (verb)

to change from one subject to another in a discussion, speech, piece of writing etc

digress (verb)

if you digress from a subject, you start to talk or write about something else

wander (verb)

to talk about something that is not connected with the subject that you were talking about before

get away from ()

to talk about something different from what you should be talking about

drag in ()

to start talking about something that is not connected with what you are discussing and that other people do not want to talk about

bring (verb)

used for saying that you have finished talking or writing about one thing and are going to talk or write about another

beat around/about the bush ()

to spend a long time getting to the main point of what you are saying, especially because it is embarrassing

stray (verb)

to move away from a particular subject, usually without meaning to

get off ()

to stop talking about a subject because you have become interested in talking about something else