sidetrack
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to move or distract from the main subject or course.
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sidetrack (ˈsaɪdˌtræk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to distract or be distracted from a main subject or topic |
| —n | |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) a railway siding |
| 3. | the act or an instance of sidetracking; digression |
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Sidetrack
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
In my opinion, that is a fiction designed to sidetrack some of our productivity initiatives.
Now they appear to be throwing anything that will stick to the walls in order to sidetrack the debate.
The purpose of this operation was to provide directional services on a sidetrack of a straight hole.
As distinguished from a sidetrack, a spur track is of indefinite length, extending out from main line.
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