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Sidetrack

Sidetrack Meaning & Definition
Sidetrack Definition And Meaning

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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