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Definition of sidetrack verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

sidetrack

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈsaɪdtræk//
 
[usually passive] sidetrack somebody (into doing something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sidetrack
 
he / she / it sidetracks
 
past simple sidetracked
 
-ing form sidetracking
 
 
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to make someone start to talk about or do something that is different from the main thing that they are supposed to be talking about or doing synonym distract I was supposed to be writing a letter but I got sidetracked. Don't be sidetracked into discussing individual cases.
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