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Noun: sidetrack  'sId,trak
  1. A short stretch of railway track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
    - siding, railroad siding [N. Amer], turnout [N. Amer], railway siding [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: sidetrack  'sId,trak
  1. Wander from a direct or straight course
    - depart, digress, straggle

Derived forms: sidetracks, sidetracked, sidetracking

Type of: deviate, divert, railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Sidetrack