digress
Definition: (verb) to wander from the main path or the main topic.
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re·buff
 (r  -b  f  )
KEY
NOUN:
- A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer.
- A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
re·buffed
,
re·buff·ing
,
re·buffs
- To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub. See Synonyms at refuse
1.
- To repel or drive back.
ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete French rebuffer, to reject, from Italian ribuffare, from ribuffo, reprimand : ri-, back (from Latin re-; see
re-
) + buffo, gust, puff ( of imitative origin)
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