Discussion Phrases

If someone attacks you in a discussion, you can say:

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How to defend yourself?

That’s not what I said / meant at all. I was merely pointing out that…
You’ve got that all wrong. What I said was…
You’re putting words in my mouth.
You are distorting what I actually said.

How to return to the original subject?

As I was saying,…
(Now) what was I saying / what were we talking about?
To get back to what we were talking about,…
Let’s get back to…
(Yes, well) anyway,…
Let’s get back to the point…
But we digress…
Where were we before we got on to this topic?