sidetrack
verb /ˈsaɪdtræk/
/ˈsaɪdtræk/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sidetrack | /ˈsaɪdtræk/ /ˈsaɪdtræk/ |
| he / she / it sidetracks | /ˈsaɪdtræks/ /ˈsaɪdtræks/ |
| past simple sidetracked | /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ |
| past participle sidetracked | /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ /ˈsaɪdtrækt/ |
| -ing form sidetracking | /ˈsaɪdtrækɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪdtrækɪŋ/ |
- sidetrack somebody (into doing something) to make somebody start to talk about or do something that is different from the main thing that they are supposed to be talking about or doing synonym distract
- I was supposed to be writing a letter but I'm afraid I got sidetracked.
- Don’t be sidetracked into discussing individual cases.