sidetrack

side·track

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sahyd-trak]
- /ˈsaɪdˌtræk/
- /ˈsaɪd.træk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahyd-trak]
- /ˈsaɪdˌtræk/

Definitions of sidetrack word

noun sidetrack any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track. 1
transitive verb sidetrack divert 1
noun sidetrack train siding 1
verb sidetrack If you are sidetracked by something, it makes you forget what you intended to do or say, and start instead doing or talking about a different thing. 0
verb sidetrack to distract or be distracted from a main subject or topic 0
noun sidetrack a railway siding 0

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Origin of sidetrack

First appearance:

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1825-35; side1 + track

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Parts of speech for Sidetrack

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sidetrack

sidetrack popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for sidetrack

verb sidetrack

arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
bend the rules — to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
deflect — If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.

All 21 Synonyms of sidetrack