About The Word Sidetrack
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Sidetrack
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What's The Definition Of Sidetrack?
[n] a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
[v] wander from a direct or straight course Synonyms | Synonyms for Sidetrack: depart | digress | railroad siding | siding | straggle | stray Related Terms | Find terms related to Sidetrack: See Also | deviate | divert | railroad | railroad track | railway Sidetrack In Webster's Dictionary \Side"track`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sidetracked}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Sidetracking}.]
1. (Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of
track.
2. 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. [Colloq.]
Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of
the census of school children. --Pop. Sci.
Monthly.
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