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sidetrack

verb

/ˈsaɪdˌtræk/

Meaning

To distract from the main subject or activity.

She was sidetracked by an unexpected phone call.

get sidetracked

distract, divert, mislead, digress, deflect

focus, concentrate, continue

sidetrack discussion, easily sidetracked, sidetracked by

to acquire possession, control, or occupancy of something

to give up or let go of something voluntarily

to bury a dead body in the ground

to show that something is false or wrong

To make sense of something difficult to read or understand; to decode.

To speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.