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  • sidetrack — (n.) railway siding, 1835, from SIDE (Cf. side) (adj.) + TRACK (Cf. track) (n.). The verb meaning to move (a train car) onto a sidetrack is from 1880; figurative sense of to divert from the main purpose is attested from 1889. Related: Sidetracked …   Etymology dictionary

  • Sidetrack — Side track , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sidetracked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sidetracking}.] 1. (Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of track. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • sidetrack — ► VERB 1) distract from an immediate or important issue. 2) chiefly N. Amer. direct (a train) into a branch line or siding. ► NOUN chiefly N. Amer. ▪ a railway branch line or siding …   English terms dictionary

  • sidetrack — [[t]sa͟ɪdtræk[/t]] sidetracks, sidetracking, sidetracked also side track VERB If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. [be V ed] He was… …   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 — /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

  • 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 — side•track [[t]ˈsaɪdˌtræk[/t]] v. t. v. i. 1) rai to move from a main track to a siding, as a train 2) to move or distract from the main subject 3) rai a railroad siding • Etymology: 1825–35 …   From formal English to slang

  • sidetrack — /ˈsaɪdtræk / (say suydtrak) verb (t) 1. to distract from the main subject or course. –verb (i) 2. to move from the main subject or course. –noun 3. US → siding1 (def. 1). 4. an act of sidetracking; a diversion; distraction. 5. a temporary road… …  

  • sidetrack — verb 1》 distract from an immediate or important issue. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. direct (a train) into a branch line or siding. noun chiefly N. Amer. a railway branch line or siding …   English new terms dictionary

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