sidetrack

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side⋅track

[sahyd-trak]

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

1.	to move from the main track to a siding, as a train.

2.	to move or distract from the main subject or course.

–noun

3.	any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; side ¹ + track

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side·track (sīd'trāk')

v. side·tracked, side·track·ing, side·tracks

v. tr.

To divert from a main issue or course: I was sidetracked from my work by an unexpected visitor.
To delay or block the progress of deliberately: "a bill that would sidetrack food irradiation in this country" (Alexis Beck).
To switch from a main railroad track to a siding.

v. intr.

To deviate from a main issue or course.
To run into a siding.

n. A railroad siding.

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Word Origin & History

sidetrack (n.)

"railway siding," 1835, from side (adj.) + track (q.v.). The verb meaning "to move (a train car) onto a sidetrack" is from 1880; fig. sense of "to divert from the main purpose" is attested from 1889.

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