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    Sidetrack \Side"track`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sidetracked}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Sidetracking}.]
    1. (Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of
    track.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    2. Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or
    condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in
    activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to
    switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.]

    Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of
    the census of school children. --Pop. Sci.
    Monthly.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    1. The prosecutor in the Iran-Contra investigation Monday accused Attorney General Dick Thornburgh of deliberately sidetracking "with no legitimate reason" the criminal case against a former CIA station chief.
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