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Sidetrack   /sˈaɪdtrˌæk/   Listen
Sidetrack

noun
1.
A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass.  Synonyms: railroad siding, siding, turnout.
verb
(past & past part. sidetracked; pres. part. sidetracking)
1.
Wander from a direct or straight course.  Synonyms: depart, digress, straggle.





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"Sidetrack" Quotes from Famous Books



... days later, however, they brought solid and visible proof in the shape of a trainload of building materials and a crowd of Italian laborers, who established themselves in a boarding-car on a sidetrack near the station. ...
— Hillsboro People • Dorothy Canfield


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