sidetracked

verb

Definition of sidetrackednext
past tense of sidetrack
as in deviated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidetracked
  1. averted
  2. diverted
  3. shifted
  4. redirected
  5. swerved
  6. transferred
  7. switched
Verb
  • Investors have been reassured that federal agencies will stay open into the new year after President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday that averted a government shutdown.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Either way, the Bills and their MVP candidate averted a major crisis.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of averted
Verb
  • Bauman offered an amendment that would have diverted the funding to street reconstruction and paving projects, and a city fund that helps first-time homebuyers with down payments.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But any amount of traffic diverted should help the gridlock, the councilman said.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of diverted
Verb
  • Eroding Consumer Trust The increasing prevalence of counterfeit goods has shifted consumer behavior and attitudes toward authenticity.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Also cut off from Russian gas, Moldova has over the past week shifted to more expensive alternatives, including electricity from Romania.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • Their task was to get the parcels organized, redirected and delivered in six months.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The homeland security chief added that a failure by lawmakers to pass a stopgap spending bill before Saturday would also mean staff at the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office would be redirected to other parts of his department.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of redirected
Verb
  • More spikes were set up, and Cramer swerved and then crashed head-on into Martin’s patrol vehicle and launched him about 100 feet, authorities said.
    Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • After being hit, the Ford passed a 2024 Volvo semi-truck, which swerved to avoid the crash and struck a 2023 Chevy Tahoe Fremont County patrol vehicle, the statement said.
    Christina Shaw, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of swerved
Verb
  • The player had transferred into the program, and his minutes were already waning.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Over 70,000 pre-war fashion design photographs were transferred from design registrations to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs by the industrial tribunal of Paris in 1940, and over 120 of these photos form the basis of an exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of transferred
Verb
  • Early in the fourth quarter against the Steelers, McDuffie switched to the nickel position after undrafted rookie cornerback Chris Roland-Wallace experienced cramps.
    Nate Taylor, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Payton Pritchard, initially defending the inbounder, switched onto Tyrese Maxey as the 76ers guard curled around a Joel Embiid screen.
    Jay King, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of switched
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