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Sidetrack   Listen
verb
Sidetrack  v. t.  (past & past part. sidetracked; pres. part. sidetracking)  
1.
(Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.
2.
Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. (Colloq.) "Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of the census of school children."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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Words linked to "Sidetrack" :   railroad track, turnout, digress, railroad siding, straggle, deviate, depart, siding, railway, railroad, divert



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