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Sidetrack

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Noun

1. railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnout

a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

Verb

2. depart, digress, sidetrack, straggle

wander from a direct or straight course

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sidetrack

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verb
1. 
to distract or be distracted from a main subject or topic
noun
2. US and Canadian
a railway siding
3. 
the act or an instance of sidetracking; digression

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Sidetrack

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to switch from a main line to a siding
said of a train, etc.
2. 
to turn away from the main issue or course; divert or be diverted
noun
3. 
a railroad siding

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sidetrack

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v. side·tracked, side·track·ing, side·tracks
v.tr.
1. To divert from a main issue or course: I was sidetracked from my work by an unexpected visitor.
2. To delay or block the progress of deliberately: "a bill that would sidetrack food irradiation in this country" (Alexis Beck).
3. To switch from a main railroad track to a siding.
v.intr.
1. To deviate from a main issue or course.
2. To run into a siding.
n.
A railroad siding.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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