"sidetracks" in the noun sense
1. siding, railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack
a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
"sidetracks" in the verb sense
1. sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
wander from a direct or straight course
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