to sidetrack
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4.6
- verb
- /ˈsaɪdˌtræk/
:
desviar
- While discussing our project, I got sidetracked by a personal story that wasn't relevant.
- avoid becoming sidetracked
- become sidetracked
- get sidetracked
So, you know, we just should not have gotten sidetracked by by these various things.
- So, you know, we just should not have gotten sidetracked by by these various things.
- She just got sidetracked while I was while I was saying goodbye.
- If I get a little sidetracked, if I'm a mess, bear with me.
- And this is where, as I talk to people, we get sidetracked on the issue of reactive power.
- And I understand how we can get real busy and, and sidetracked.
- You're like drug, not to get too sidetracked, but like drug testing, like pharmaceutical drug testing.
- And it's like, now I want to make this thing but a place where I think people get sidetracked and distracted.
- Think how often you impulsively get sidetracked and lose sight of the main thing.
- And so it kind of sidetracked me for a bit, but it worked out good because now they're feathers in the cap.
- It may get kind of sidetracked or derailed, in which case we, we do then want to treat them right, right.
Examples
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But go ahead, don't let me sidetrack you.
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Well, everything has gotten a little sidetracked because of what happened with Barret.
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Well, you can Google it yourself or allow me to completely sidetrack the original thread.
Blog text (21) -
And then I guess, I guess I get I suppose I get sidetracked with social media as well.
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Nick, before we get sidetracked, there is one thing.
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I guess we got a little sidetracked.
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My mother always told me to just focus on what was ahead and not get sidetracked.
Fiction book (2001) -
I use Scrivener, but I do get a bit sidetracked by all it can do.
Blog text (24) -
Think how often you impulsively get sidetracked and lose sight of the main thing.
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And if that's your dream, don't get sidetracked in a way by other things.
Synonyms
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2.1
To make someone stop paying attention to what they are doing or thinking about
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4.2
To cause something like traffic or a river to go a different way
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3.3
To make someone stop paying attention to something by showing something else
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4.6
To turn attention away from a person or thing
Antonyms
How Distracting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sidetrack comes from the image of moving a train off the main line onto a side track, putting it 'to the side' so it does not go forward. That picture explains the verb: to sidetrack someone is to push them 'to the side' of the main topic, so they are distracted or taken off course.