Qué (quién) es sidetrack - definición
sidetrack
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Sidetrack (disambiguation); Sidetracks
¦ verb
1. distract from an immediate or important issue.
2. chiefly N. Amer. direct (a train) into a branch line or siding.
¦ noun chiefly N. Amer. a railway branch line or siding.
sidetrack
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Sidetrack (disambiguation); Sidetracks
also side-track
(sidetracks, sidetracking, sidetracked)
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.
He'd managed to avoid being sidetracked by Schneider's problems...
The leadership moved to sidetrack the proposal...
They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V n from n, also be V-ed into n/-ing
Sidetrack
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Sidetrack (disambiguation); Sidetracks
·add. ·vt To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.
II. Sidetrack ·add. ·vt 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.
Ejemplos de pronunciación para sidetrack
1. at a party at Sidetrack.
Pioneering Change in The LGBT Chicago Community _ Tracy Baim _ Talks at Google
2. ARTUR OLIVEIRA: Just to sidetrack off
Illusion of Justice _ Jerry Buting _ Talks at Google
3. when it's necessary to sidetrack the mind
Emerging Technologies and Humanity _ Marko Suvajdzic _ Talks at Google
4. I need to take a sidetrack and introduce you
The Art of Language Invention _ David Peterson _ Talks at Google
5. Where going to Roscoe's and Sidetrack, and you know,
Embracing Love - Hugging Men in Underwear _ Nathan Albert _ Talks at Google
Ejemplos de uso de sidetrack
1. But he said the agreement wouldn‘t sidetrack U.S. efforts to enforce sanctions adopted by the U.N.
2. Hamdan‘s lawyers said the law was not meant to sidetrack an existing challenge to the tribunals.
3. Republicans were mostly unified in their opposition to sidetrack the legislation, with four exceptions.
4. Johns said the permitting flap was probably another incident in a series of questionable activities meant to sidetrack her campaign.
5. "It would take a lot to sidetrack that ... it‘s not just to join the EU club, but in order to stay competitive in labor," he said.