railroad sidetrack

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• sidetrack — ☆ sidetrack [sīd′trak΄ ] vt., vi. 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 n. a railroad siding …   English World dictionary

• railroad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. railway; main or trunk line, spur; model railroad; tramline, tramway, trolley or streetcar line, street railway, subway. See transportation. v., informal, rush or push through, expedite; slang, frame …   English dictionary for students

• railroad track — noun a line of track providing a runway for wheels he walked along the railroad track • Syn: ↑railroad, ↑railway • Derivationally related forms: ↑railroad (for: ↑railroad) …   Useful english dictionary

• railroad siding — noun a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑siding, ↑turnout, ↑sidetrack • Hypernyms: ↑railroad track, ↑railroad, ↑railway …   Useful english dictionary

• sidetrack — I. noun Date: 1835 1. siding 2 2. a position or condition of secondary importance to which one may be diverted II. transitive verb Date: 1880 1. to shunt aside (as to a railroad siding) 2. a. to turn aside from a purpose …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sidetrack — side|track1 [ saıd,træk ] verb transitive to delay the progress of something by causing people to waste time on something else that is unimportant: get sidetracked: It s easy to get sidetracked by talking about unimportant issues like this one.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• railroad — Synonyms and related words: L, accelerate, branch, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, bundle, bustle, cable railway, coerce, cog railway, compel, constitute, crowd, decree, dispatch, dragoon, drive on, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sidetrack — A railroad track used for loading, unloading, reloading, storing, and switching railroad cars. 44 Am J1st R R § 231. A railroad track upon which one train is switched to permit another train to pass on the main track. A spur track for the benefit …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• sidetrack — Synonyms and related words: L, avert, bear off, branch, bypath, byway, cable railway, cog railway, deflect, departure, deviation, digression, discursion, distract, divert, draw aside, draw off, ease off, edge off, el, electric railway, elevated,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sidetrack — n. siding, section of railroad track that is connected to the main track v. move a train from the main track onto a parallel section of railroad track; divert, distract, move away from the main issue …   English contemporary dictionary

• sidetrack — /suyd trak /, v.t., v.i. 1. to move from the main track to a siding, as a train. 2. to move or distract from the main subject or course. n. 3. any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track. [1825 35, Amer.; SIDE1 + TRACK] * …   Universalium