SIDETRACKS Synonyms

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

• draw someone's attention away from something

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• cause to run off the tracks

• run off or leave the rails

• draw someone's attention away from something

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

• turn aside; turn away from

• send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one

• occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

• withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

• channel into a new direction

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• a qualitative change

• the time period during which you are at work

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• the act of moving from one place to another

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

• the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

• make a shift in or exchange of

• change place or direction

• move around

• move very slightly

• move from one setting or context to another

• change in quality

• move and exchange for another

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• move abruptly

• use a shift key on a keyboard

• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• change gears

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

• lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• wander from a direct or straight course

• move away from a place into another direction

• be at variance with; be out of line with

• depart for someplace

• go away or leave

• remove oneself from an association with or participation in

• wander from a direct or straight course

• a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

• material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

• a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)

• wander from a direct or straight course

• go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way

• the group that gathers together for a particular occasion

• a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park

• a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

• what is produced in a given time period

• a set of clothing (with accessories)

• attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election)

• (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip

• a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass