0 present participle of sidetrack --
1 to direct a person's attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important: --
The column is noted for its length (it often runs over 15 pages in printed form) and frequent sidetracking into political and non-football-related discussion.
We are really sidetracking the point.
That was a wonderful piece of sidetracking.
I do not believe in any circumstances in sidetracking the subject from his right to go to the courts.
I hope very much that this will not be a way of sidetracking the problem or shutting the door towards action.
Moreover, he is sidetracking management into having to cope with privatisation when it already has more than enough on its plate.
One of the difficulties is the sidetracking of the family practitioner that is taking place.
Is he not sidetracking the right of the people of this country to express a point of view which is widely felt?
