Tom got sidetracked.
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Sidetracked
Synonyms for "sidetracked" (48 found)
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Verb(4 words)
Related words (24)
passed uppigeonholedput asideshelvedshuntedsidelinedslightedunaskedunattendedunattended touncared foruncared-forunchaperonedunconsideredundoneunregardedunsoliciteduntendedunwatched
Verb(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
tangent drift
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12 entriesalter coursedigressiverail sidetrackredirect attentionredirectedreprioritizedshift focussiding diversiontangent shifttangentialtopic detourtrain detour
Collocations
11 entriescompletely sidetrackedsidetrack a discussionsidetrack discussionsidetrack into tangentssidetrack researchsidetrack the agendasidetrack the analysissidetrack topicsidetracked agendasidetracked bysidetracked project
Inflections
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2 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Mr. Suzuki's classes are interesting, but his stories always get sidetracked, so we never make any good progress in our textbooks.
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Sorry, I know you've been sidetracked by the issue many times, but I have a question.
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Don't get sidetracked.
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