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Meanings of sidetrack in English

Catalan
via secundària

A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.

        via secundària
        Catalan
        marxar
        Spanish
        salir

        Wander from a direct or straight course.

              marxar
              Usage of sidetrack in English
              1
              Yes, I did sort of leave her on a sidetrack, didn't I?
              Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
              2
              Cav hated that he'd hurt her but couldn't let it sidetrack him.
              Deadly promises
              3
              Anything he could do to sidetrack the Freedom Party struck him as worthwhile.
              American empire: blood and iron
              4
              You have one talent already; why do you want to follow a sidetrack.
              The Precipice
              5
              If she thought her diversion would sidetrack me, she was mistaken.
              Crewel
              6
              But I nodded anyway, not wanting to upset her or sidetrack the story.
              The Wise Man’s Fear
              7
              All that Stephen saw was a regular day-car on a sidetrack.
              The Crisis — Volume 03
              8
              Meanwhile, uncertainty over the Clinton administration's key-escrow plan threatens to sidetrack online commerce.
              Wired
              9
              He tried to sidetrack it, but it would not be sidetracked.
              Europe Revised
              10
              At Wassiwappa, Ray got instructions to sidetrack until Thirty-six went by.
              The Song of the Lark
              11
              One more election gimmick to sidetrack us from our problems.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Strange urges still tugged at him, but he could sidetrack them with considerable success.
              The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
              13
              You always do this to me, you sidetrack me from the business at hand.
              Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
              14
              He couldn't afford another mistake that would sidetrack the investigation.
              The Dragon King’s Palace
              15
              Phyllis was visibly tiring of this sidetrack into political dialectics.
              Man in the Middle
              16
              I knew the profit in it was negligible, but I enjoyed the sidetrack immensely.
              A Day Dark as Night
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              Translations for sidetrack
              Sidetrack through the time