Vi fant 9 definisjoner av sidetrack på engelsk.
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| 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 - Sometimes Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track. | ||
| sidetrack - A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well. | ||
| 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. | ||
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| sidetrack - To divert a locomotive on to a lesser used track in order to allow other trains to pass. | ||
| 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. | ||
| sidetrack - To sideline; to push aside; to divert or distract from, reducing something to a secondary or subordinate position. | ||
| sidetrack - To deviate briefly from the topic at hand. |