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sidetrack definition

☆ side·track (-trak′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  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

a railroad siding

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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