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Sidetrack meaning
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. | A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.
Example sentences (5)
Both France and Iran have a common interest to at least impede, if not sidetrack, the upcoming peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Paul and Destee Klyne were planning on spending their November vacation in Paradise, California and have not let the devastation caused by wildfire sidetrack them.
Then, the temporary sidetrack and traffic lights will be removed.
For instance, regrowth of nerves controlling muscles attached to the eye may sidetrack and also regrow connections reaching the muscles of the mouth.
In making her decision to devote herself to art, she also thought it was best not to marry, and in choosing male company she selected men who would not threaten to sidetrack her career.