SIDETRACK


Meaning of SIDETRACK in English

side ‧ track /ˈsaɪdtræk/ BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]

1 . to make someone stop doing what they should be doing, or stop talking about what they started talking about, by making them interested in something else:

Don’t get sidetracked by the audience’s questions.

2 . American English to delay or stop the progress of something:

An effort to improve security was sidetracked by budget problems.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.