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sidetracked
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sidetrack \Side"track`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sidetracked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sidetracking.]
(Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: sidetrack)
Wikipedia
Sidetracked (first published as Villospår in 1995) is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the fifth in his Kurt Wallander series. Winner Gold Dagger 2001.
Sidetracked is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Sidetracked may refer to:
- Literature:
- Sidetracked (magazine)
- Sidetracked (novel)
- TV & Music:
- Sidetracked (tv), Phineas and Ferb episode
- Sidetracked (film), 1916 film starring Oliver Hardy
- Sidetracked (album), 2010 DJ mix album
- Sidetracked (band), a German thrashcore group
"Sidetracked" is a single by English grime artist Jme, from his second studio album Blam! (2010). It was released on 21 February 2010 and has peaked to number 147 on the UK Singles Chart. The song features vocals from British grime artist Wiley and was produced by D Solz.
Sidetracked is an online and print magazine that captures the experience of adventure travel and extreme sports through personal stories. The magazine was started as a website in 2011 but in 2014 moved into print with a premium quality bi-annual journal. Sidetracked also gives an annual grant to explorers through its adventure fund. Its editor-in-chief is John Summerton; the photo editor is Martin Hartley; other editors are Jamie Bunchuk and Andrew Mazibrada.
Usage examples of "sidetracked".
When Lord Varek was asked why they had allowed themselves to be sidetracked to Remagev, he replied that Stronghold was not the objective.
It had a lot of rabbit genes to enable it to survive in its sparse environmentits "hooves" still retained vestigial claws from the toes they were derived from, and its "horns" were sidetracked bicuspids, channeled up through the skulland its breathing apparatus owed a lot to porpoises.
French had battled on, determined to declare a winner among the five burgundies, though he was so sidetracked with Dyloft his heart wasn't in it.
Sanglier understood, too, after a slightly longer explanation, and agreed because he had no alternative, even though it would be condoning the computer illegality for which he'd sidetracked Claudine and the German.
Desie attended Georgia State University with the plan of becoming a school-teacher but was sidetracked in her senior year by her engagement to a professional basketball player named Gorbak Didovlic, who stood a shade over seven feet tall and spoke no English.
Those plans had been somewhat sidetracked two decades ago when the Pahkwa-thanh had joined the Federation and a whole new hunting ground of alien diseases had been opened to him, daring him to chase them down and wrestle them into submission.
Sometimes it was a monthly, if Dave got sidetracked by other interests (maple-sugaring, cider-making, rocket-building, and car-customizing, just to name a few), and then there would be jokes I didn't understand about how Dave's Rag was a little late this month or how we shouldn't bother Dave, because he was down in the basement, on the Rag.
The original plan was to channel John the Baptist, but somewhere it all got sidetracked and the subject recited passages from the Bible, claiming to be one of the twelve disciples.