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sidetrack |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Hence fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like to switch off to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.] Such a project was in fact sidetracked in favor of the census of school children. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sidetrack n : a short stretch of track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: {siding}, {railroad siding}] v : wander from a direct or straight course [syn: {stray}, {depart}, {digress}, {straggle}]
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