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sidetrack::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | railroad siding, siding, turnout |
| Type of | railroad, railroad track, railway |
Examples of sidetrack
sidetrack
Worse, Simon has allowed Davis to sidetrack him on several meaningless issues.
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There's no liquid richness commentary, no scale data, and no mention of a sidetrack.
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They surely had to know how the rule could dramatically sidetrack a career.
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Another protracted budget brawl would sidetrack Congress from other tasks.
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I think that is something of a sidetrack on the question of fuel pricing.
From the guardian.co.uk
The bare advantage was not enough to sidetrack the incumbent's momentum.
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Israel hopes to sidetrack an Arab-American drive by proffering a peace plan of its own.
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In fact, it was the result of a sidetrack in a study on something entirely different, RNA.
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The distractions, the drama this team has faced could sidetrack anyone.
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- Siding: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- Wander from a direct or straight course
- A sidetrack is a railroad track other than siding that is auxiliary to the main track. The word is also used as a verb (without object) to refer to the movement of trains and railcars from the main track to a siding, and in common parlance to refer to giving in to distractions apart from a main ...
- (Sidetracked (film)) Sidetracked is a 1916 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
- (Sidetracked (La Roux album)) In July 2010, La Roux curated and mixed the latest volume of Sidetracked, a compilation series from Renaissance that allows artists from the electronic field a free rein to showcase their musical interests. ...
- Sidetracked (first published as Villospu00E5r in 1995) is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the fifth in his Kurt Wallander series. Winner Gold Dagger 2001.
- (Side-tracking) The drilling of a new path from an existing well bore. Side-tracks are utilised if technical problems have been encountered in the initial well, or alternatively to further appraise a reservoir without drilling a second well.
- (Sidetracking) The operation of deviating a well around a fish.
- (sidetracking) Avoiding stimulus cues which produce undesirable responses (e.g., staying away from the bad crowd; moving to start a new life).
