0 past simple and past participle of sidetrack --
1 to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important: --
I hope that the debate will not be sidetracked into theological argument.
I shall not be sidetracked by some of the broader issues that have been raised.
It appears that these admirable, efficient people have been sidetracked.
It is sensible to hold the genuine debate about the benefits of recognition in the open, without being sidetracked into whether those benefits are inducements.
I shall not be sidetracked on that point as it was not a finite decision at the time.
That was a very important matter, and it was not one which was sidetracked in any way.
One should not be too sidetracked by individual episodes, because principles are at stake, but one should know what one is talking about.
I would rather not get sidetracked on to individual prices at this particular moment.
