önemsiz işlerle uğraştırmak

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sidetrack
A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well
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.

To divert (a locomotive) on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass
To deviate briefly from the topic at hand

To sidetrack for a moment, let me commend this team for their outstanding efforts.

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
Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track
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.

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.

a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
{f} move a train from the main track onto a parallel section of railroad track; divert, distract, move away from the main issue
To transfer to a siding from a main line of track
{i} siding, section of railroad track that is connected to the main track
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
Hence, fig
wander from a direct or straight course
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
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