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Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
swerve, veer, deviate, depart, digress, diverge mean to turn aside from a straight course.
swerve may suggest a physical, mental, or moral turning away from a given course, often with abruptness.
veer implies a major change in direction.
deviate implies a turning from a customary or prescribed course.
depart suggests a deviation from a traditional or conventional course or type.
digress applies to a departing from the subject of one's discourse.
diverge may equal depart but usually suggests a branching of a main path into two or more leading in different directions.
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Word History
Middle English, to divide, part company, from Anglo-French departir, from de- + partir to divide, from Latin partire, from part-, pars part
13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
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“Depart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depart. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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Britannica English: Translation of depart for Arabic Speakers
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