digress
Definition: (verb) to wander from the main path or the main topic.
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drain
verb
- To remove (a liquid) by a steady, gradual process: draw (off), let out, pump, tap
2. See
increase
- To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away or
off
, taper (off). See
increase
- To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential: deplete, exhaust, impoverish, sap
2, use up. See
give, increase, rich
- To use all of: consume, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.
Informal: polish off. See
increase
- To diminish the strength and energy of: fatigue, jade, tire, wear, wear down, wear out, weary. See
tired
noun
- The act or process of decreasing: abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See
increase
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