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 Definitions of sidetrack  [ˈsaɪdˌtræk]  

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Definition of 'sidetrack' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) sidetrack
to move from a main track to a siding, as a train.

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

3. (n.) sidetrack
a railroad siding.

Etymology:  (1825–35)

Definition of 'sidetrack' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack
a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

2. (verb) sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
wander from a direct or straight course


Translation of 'sidetrack' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to turn (a person) aside from what he was about to do
I intended to write letters this evening, but was sidetracked into going to the pictures instead.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: van spoor gebring Arabic flag Arabic: خَط جانِبي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отклонявам някого от целт
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desviar Czech flag Czech: odlákat German flag German: ablenken
Danish flag Danish: overtale; forlede Greek flag Greek: ξεστρατίζω, παρασύρω κπ. Spanish flag Spanish: despistar
Estonian flag Estonian: kõrvale juhtima, eksitama Farsi flag Farsi: از مسئله اصلي منحرف شدن Finnish flag Finnish: eksyä
French flag French: détourner l'attention de Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִסטוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: विषयान्तर करना
Croatian flag Croatian: skrenuti (s glavnog pitan Hungarian flag Hungarian: mellékvágányra terel; elt Indonesian flag Indonesian: membelok, mengalihkan, be
Icelandic flag Icelandic: komaút af sporinu Italian flag Italian: (distogliere da un propos Japanese flag Japanese: そらす
Korean flag Korean: (주제에서) 벗어나다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atitraukti, sugundyti Latvian flag Latvian: aizvilināt; pierunāt (dar
Malay flag Malay: mengalih Dutch flag Dutch: op een zijspoor brengen Norwegian flag Norwegian: få til å miste tråden, av
Polish flag Polish: namówić do zmiany planów Persian flag Persian: از مسئله اصلي منحرف شدن Pashto flag Pashto: له لويې لارې اړول ( لكه د
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desviar Romanian flag Romanian: a distrage cuiva aten­ţia Russian flag Russian: отвлекать
Slovak flag Slovak: odviesť, odpútať Slovenian flag Slovenian: odvrniti (koga) Serbian flag Serbian: skrenuti s glavnog kolose
Swedish flag Swedish: leda in på ett sidospår, Thai flag Thai: ทำให้ออกนอกประเด็น Turkish flag Turkish: amacından saptırmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使(某人)轉變話題或轉移目標 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спрямовувати (розмову) в Urdu flag Urdu: کسی خاص کام کی بجائے کچھر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đánh lạc hướng, đánh trốn Chinese flag Chinese: 使改变主意,使转移目标

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'sidetrack' - Nearby Entries  

side view  side-to-side  sidestroke  sideswipe  sidetrack  sidewalk  sidewall  



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