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Definition of sidetracks in English Turkish dictionary
- sidetrack
- manevra hattı
- sidetrack
- dikkatini dağıtmak
- sidetrack
- konudan saptırmak
- sidetrack
- saptırmak
- sidetrack
- treni yan hata geçirmek
- sidetrack
- (birini) asıl amacından saptırmak; (birini) lafa boğmak
- sidetrack
- {f} treni yan yola geçirmek
- sidetrack
- {f} önemsiz işlerle uğraştırmak
- sidetrack
- d.y. -i barınma hattına almak
- sidetrack
- {f} ertelemek
- sidetrack
- yan hatta geçirmek
- sidetrack
- {f} caydırmak
- sidetrack
- {f} geciktirmek
- sidetrack
- {i} yan yol
- sidetrack
- i., d.y. barınma hattı; rampa hattı. f
- sidetrack
- bir kimsenin işini veya planını geriye bıraktırmak
- sidetrack
- yan yola geçir
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English - English
Definition of sidetracks in English English dictionary
- third-person singular of sidetrack
- sidetrack
- A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well
- sidetrack
- To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action with an alternate or less relevant topic or activity; or, to use deliberate trickery or sly wordplay when talking to (a person) in order to avoid discussion of a subject
I hope you can sidetrack the teacher with questions so we don't have to take the exam.
- sidetrack
- To divert (a locomotive) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass
- sidetrack
- To deviate briefly from the topic at hand
To sidetrack for a moment, let me commend this team for their outstanding efforts.
- sidetrack
- A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding
- sidetrack
- Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track
- sidetrack
- To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing (something) to a secondary or subordinate position
He has sidetracked this debate for far too long.
- sidetrack
- An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness
Stay focused on the story; you keep getting lost in all of these little sidetracks.
- sidetrack
- a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- sidetrack
- {f} move a train from the main track onto a parallel section of railroad track; divert, distract, move away from the main issue
- sidetrack
- To transfer to a siding from a main line of track
- sidetrack
- {i} siding, section of railroad track that is connected to the main track
- 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. 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
- sidetrack
- Hence, fig
- sidetrack
- wander from a direct or straight course
- sidetrack
- 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