deviate from

deviate from (something)

To move away from what is typical or has been planned. Please don't deviate from the itinerary, otherwise we'll be late for our dinner reservation. Curiosity led me to deviate from my usual path through the woods.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

deviate from something

to wander away from something, such as a path, road, etc.; to vary from the normal procedure. Please do not deviate from the path. You will crush the wildflowers. I will not deviate one inch from the route you have prescribed. They did not deviate from her instructions.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

deviate from

v.
1. To wander or turn aside from some path, course, or way: The hiker deviated from the trail and got lost. The riverbank deviates from the side of the ridge where the sediment has built up.
2. To depart or stray from some subject or matter of discussion: The teacher deviated from the topic of the lecture.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • deviate
  • deviate from (something)
  • escort (one) to (something)
  • escort to
  • just another day
  • wiggle
  • get a wiggle on
  • Get a wiggle on!
  • go astray
  • down to the last detail
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New Delhi (India), Aug 20 ( ANI ): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit on Monday paid tribute to late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said, the latter never let the party deviate from the path of its ideology.
It's time to exercise your escape option when you think you might need to deviate from your deviation.
Using machine learning core technology and acceleration technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., the two companies verified whether this system can autonomously analyze data simply run through the system, without any prior training, after separating it into ordinary patterns and patterns that deviate from the norm (anomalies).
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The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr Nicos Anastasiades stressed that we will achieve the recovery of the economy if we are disciplined in our fiscal policy and not deviate from what we have set as priorities.
In its most basic view, the Nash equilibrium is a point where no individual has incentive to deviate from their preferred choice.
He argues that "judges are sometimes ethically permitted to deviate from the law in order to avoid results that are only moderately unjust.
6, 2010 (TAP) - A program error caused a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket to deviate from its course and lose a booster carrying three Glonass-M satellites, a source in the Russian space industry said on Monday.
<![CDATA[ Ministerial Committee decides not to support bill proposed by MK Katz which would punish MKs who deviate from their platform.]]>
Exchange rates can deviate from their purchasing-power-parity levels for long periods.
Nisar has elucidated that Saudi Government will not force PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to deviate from the issue of Musharrafs trial under article-6.
The minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid warned Sudan would expel foreign groups who deviate from the goals they came to achieve in the country, reported Friday the pro-government SMC.
Below 50[degrees]C, the oxygen consumption results deviate from linearity.
It displays its difference blatantly, as if to emphasize how far an artist may deviate from his or her signature (the appearance of his name notwithstanding) while remaining in full possession of it.