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- to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important: Ruth was looking for an envelope in a drawer when she was sidetracked by some old letters. The students sidetracked their teacher into talking about her hobby.
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to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important: Ruth was looking for an envelope in a drawer when she was sidetracked by some old letters. The students sidetracked their teacher into talking about her hobby. I'm sorry I'm late - I got sidetracked. Compare. digress.
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- English (US)
to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important: Ruth was looking for an envelope in a drawer when she was sidetracked by some old letters. The students sidetracked their teacher into talking about her hobby. I'm sorry I'm late - I got sidetracked.
If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. [...] More. English for Special Purposes. in the Oil and Gas Industry. To sidetrack is to drill a directional hole to avoid an obstruction . More. Pronunciations of 'sidetrack'
If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. He'd managed to avoid being sidetracked by Schneider's problems.
sidetrack. sidetrack somebody (into doing something) to make somebody 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'm afraid I got sidetracked.
sidetrack someone from something. to distract someone from a particular activity or subject. Example. She tried to sidetrack me from my work by asking me to help her with her errands. 📌.
To sidetrack is to veer off a straight path, or to cause something (or someone) to do so. The smell of a rabbit in the woods might sidetrack your dog from coming when you call him.
