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sidetrack
[ sahyd-trak ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to move or distract from the main subject or course.
- to move from the main track to a siding, as a train.
noun
- any railroad track, other than a siding, that is auxiliary to the main track.
- a path, position, project, topic, etc., of less importance than the main one:
On a sidetrack to this thread on workplace safety, let me just say a little about office footwear.
sidetrack
/ ˈsaɪdˌtræk /
verb
- to distract or be distracted from a main subject or topic
noun
- a railway siding
- the act or an instance of sidetracking; digression
Word History and Origins
Origin of sidetrack1
Example Sentences
Next to you is a signal switch that will divert the train down a sidetrack or “spur.”
He'll be coming around to offer to sidetrack that legislation if you'll let him build his railroad.
But circus er no circus, ye ain't a goin' to sidetrack me out'n them funeral arrangements.
That's the kind of a sidetrack the Stars and Stripes would switch you onto.'
Here on a sidetrack we found small coal-burning engines ready to help us over, small driving wheels but capable of great power.
Warring factions all about him, who tried in many ways to sidetrack him, failed in every attempt.
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